''Centroctenus'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
wandering spiders first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. He was also involved with educ ...
in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
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Centroctenus acara
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*'' Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui' ...
''
Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''
Centroctenus alinahui
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Ecuador
*''
Centroctenus auberti
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
(Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1954) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
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Centroctenus chalkidisi
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
*''
Centroctenus claudia
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
*''
Centroctenus coloso
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Colombia
*''
Centroctenus dourados
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*'' Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
*''
Centroctenus irupana
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
Brescovit, 1996 – Bolivia
*''
Centroctenus miriuma
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*'' Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui' ...
''
Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''
Centroctenus ocelliventer
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*''Centroctenus alinahui'' ...
''
(Strand, 1909) (
type
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) – Colombia, Brazil
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Centroctenus varzea
''Centroctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*'' Centroctenus acara'' Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
*'' Centroctenus alinahui' ...
''
Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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