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AGELENIDAE - Funnel Weavers | ARANEIDAE - Orb Web Spiders | BARYCHELIDAE - Brush-Footed Trapdoor Spiders | CHEIRACANTHIIDAE - Long-legged Sac Spiders | CLUBIONIDAE - Sac Spiders | CORINNIDAE - Armoured Sac Spiders | CTENIDAE - Wandering Spiders | DITYNIDAE - Mesh Web Weavers | GNAPHOSIDAE - Flat-bellied Ground Spiders | HAHNIIDAE - Comb-tailed Spiders | HERSILIIDAE - Two-tailed Spiders | LINYPHIIDAE - Hammock-web Spiders | LYCOSIDAE - Wolf Spiders | MIMETIDAE - Pirate Spiders | OXYOPIDAE - Lynx Spiders | PHILODROMIDAE - Running Crab Spiders | PHOLCIDAE - Daddy-long-legs Spiders | PISAURIDAE - Nursery Web Spiders | PSECHRIDAE - Lace-sheet Weavers | PSILODERCIDAE | SALTICIDAE - Jumping Spiders | SCYTODIDAE - Spitting Spiders | SPARASSIDAE - Huntsman Spiders | TETRAGNATHIDAE - Horizontal Orb Weavers | THERAPHOSIDAE - Tarantulas | THERIDIIDAE - Comb-footed Spiders | THOMISIDAE - Crab Spiders | TRACHELIDAE - Bull-headed Hunters | ULOBORIDAE - Feather-legged Spiders | ZODARIIDAE - Ant-hunting Ground Spiders | Spiders Skins, webs and zombies | Spiderlings

CHEIRACANTHIIDAE - Long-legged Sac Spiders

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Cheiracanthiidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Johann Andreas Wagner in 1887. The largest genus currently recognized as belonging to this family is Cheiracanthium, which has previously been placed in both the Clubionidae and the Miturgidae.

It was recognized as a synonym of "Eutichuridae" in 2009, but was in danger of becoming obsolete until it was resurrected in 2011. The group was originally described as the subfamily Eutichurinae of the family Miturgidae by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. The monophyly of the group is described as "reasonably uncontroversial", but it has been placed in either the Miturgidae or the Clubionidae. An analysis by Martín J. Ramírez in 2014 suggested that it was better considered as a separate family.

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Spider identification from photographs should not be definitive in many cases.
For positive identification of many spiders, it is often necessary to examine their copulatory organs under a microscope.

Quote from : Borneo Spiders: A Photographic Field Guide by Joseph K H Koh and Nicky Bay

The gallery images are my Amateurish ID, would be grateful for ID correction.

(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[B] ♀
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[B]
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[C] ♀
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[C]
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[C] ♀
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[C]
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[D] ♀
(Calamopus sp. or cheiracanthium sp.)[D]
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[A] ♀
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[A]
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[B]  ♀
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[B]
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[B]  ♂
(Cheiracanthium sp.)[B]