''Africactenus'' is a
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of mostly
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wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from
Africa
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and
India
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Africactenus acteninus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Benoit, 1974 – Congo
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Africactenus agilior
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*'' Africactenus agilior' ...
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(Pocock, 1900) (
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) – West, Central Africa
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Africactenus decorosus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*''Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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(Arts, 1912) – Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo
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Africactenus depressus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*''Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon
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Africactenus evadens''
Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 – Ivory Coast, Guinea
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Africactenus fernandensis
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*''Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilio ...
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( Simon, 1910) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
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Africactenus ghesquierei
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*''Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilio ...
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(Lessert, 1946) – Congo
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Africactenus giganteus''
Benoit, 1974 – Congo
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Africactenus guineensis
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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(Simon, 1897) – Sierra Leone
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Africactenus kribiensis
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*''Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilio ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon
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Africactenus leleupi
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Benoit, 1975 – Congo
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Africactenus longurio
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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(Simon, 1910) – West Africa
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Africactenus monitor
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 – Ivory Coast
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Africactenus pococki
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon
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Africactenus poecilus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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( Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Gabon
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Africactenus simoni
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon
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Africactenus sladeni
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon
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Africactenus tenuitarsis
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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( Strand, 1908) – Cameroon
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Africactenus tridentatus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Zimbabwe
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Africactenus trilateralis
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*''Africactenus agilior'' ...
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Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon
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Africactenus unumus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954.
Species
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
*'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo
*'' Africactenus agilior' ...
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Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Africa
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