''Acanthoctenus'' is a
genus
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of Central to South American
wandering spiders first described by
Eugen von Keyserling
Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia
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in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
Species
''Acanthoctenus'' currently contains 13 described species:
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Acanthoctenus alux'' – Guatemala
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Acanthoctenus chickeringi'' – Panama
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Acanthoctenus dumicola'' – Venezuela
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Acanthoctenus gaujoni''
Simon
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, 1906 – Venezuela, Ecuador
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Acanthoctenus kollari''
(Reimoser, 1939) – Costa Rica
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Acanthoctenus lamarrei'' – Panama
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Acanthoctenus manauara'' – Brazil
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Acanthoctenus plebejus''
Simon, 1906 – Venezuela, Peru
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Acanthoctenus remotus
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American Ctenidae, wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow ...
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Chickering, 1960 – Jamaica
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Acanthoctenus spiniger''
Keyserling, 1877 (
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) – Mexico to Venezuela
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Acanthoctenus spinipes
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
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Keyserling, 1877 – Guatemala to Paraguay
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Acanthoctenus torotoro
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
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'' – Bolivia
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Acanthoctenus virginea
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
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'' – El Salvador
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Incertae sedis
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'':
[Arizala, Stephany, Facundo Martin Labarque, and Daniele Polotow. "Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae)." ''Zootaxa'' 4920.1 (2021): 1-55.]
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Acanthoctenus maculatus
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
...
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Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama (''
species inquirenda
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Acanthoctenus obauratus
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
...
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Simon, 1906 – Brazil
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Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus
''Acanthoctenus'' is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female ''A. remotus'' are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
...
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Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
''Acanthoctenus mammifer'' was formerly placed in this genus, but was transferred to the genus ''
Viracucha
''Viracucha'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Species
, ''Viracucha'' contained seven species:
*'' Viracucha andicola'' (Simon, 1906) – Bolivia
*'' Viracucha exilis'' ( Mello-Leitã ...
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References
Ctenidae genera
Ctenidae
Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling
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