''Asthenoctenus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
n
wandering spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...
in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*''
Asthenoctenus borellii
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*''Asthenocten ...
''
Simon, 1897 (
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*''
Asthenoctenus bulimus
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*'' Asthenocte ...
''
( Strand, 1909) – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus hingstoni
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* ...
''
( Mello-Leitão, 1948) – Guyana
*''
Asthenoctenus longistylus
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*'' Asthenocte ...
''
Brescovit & Simó, 1998 – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus tarsalis
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*'' Asthenocte ...
''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus tigrinus
''Asthenoctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Asthenoctenus borellii'' Simon, 1897 (type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*'' Asthenocte ...
''
Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Argentina
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
{{Ctenidae-stub