Ctenidae

Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are highly defensive and venomous nocturnal hunters. Wandering spiders are known to hunt large prey, for example hylid species '' Dendropsophus branneri.'' Despite their notoriety for being dangerous, only a few members of '' Phoneutria'' have venom known to be hazardous to humans, but the venoms of this family are poorly known, so all larger ctenids should be treated with caution.

General

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:

*'' Acantheis'' Thorell, 1891 — Asia
*'' Acanthoctenus'' Keyserling, 1877 — South America, Central America, Jamaica, Mexico
*'' Africactenus'' Hyatt, 1954 — Africa, India
*'' Afroneutria'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2015 — Africa
*'' Amauropelma'' Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001 — Asia, Australia
*'' Amicactenus'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Africa
*''Anahita'' Karsch, 1879 — Africa, Asia, United States
*'' Apolania'' Simon, 1898 — Seychelles
*'' Arctenus'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2014 — Kenya
*'' Asthenoctenus'' Simon, 1897 — South America
*'' Bengalla'' Gray & Thompson, 2001 — Australia
*'' Bulboctenus'' Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020 — Brazil
*'' Califorctenus'' Jiménez, Berrian, Polotow & Palacios-Cardiel, 2017
*'' Caloctenus'' Keyserling, 1877 — Ethiopia, South America
*'' Celaetycheus'' Simon, 1897 — Brazil
*'' Centroctenus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 — South America
*''Chococtenus'' Dupérré, 2015 — Ecuador, Colombia
*'' Ciba'' Bloom, Binford, Esposito, Alayón, Peterson, Nishida, Loubet-Senear & Agnarsson, 2014 — Cuba, Dominican Republic
*'' Ctenus'' Walckenaer, 1805 — Africa, South America, Oceania, Central America, Asia, North America, Caribbean
*'' Diallomus'' Simon, 1897 — Sri Lanka
*'' Enoploctenus'' Simon, 1897 — South America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*'' Gephyroctenus'' Mello-Leitão, 1936 — Brazil, Peru
*'' Isoctenus'' Bertkau, 1880 — Brazil, Argentina
*'' Janusia'' Gray, 1973 — Australia
*'' Kiekie'' Polotow & Brescovit, 2018 — Colombia, Central America, Mexico
*'' Leptoctenus'' L. Koch, 1878 — Australia, North America, Panama
*'' Macroctenus'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
*'' Mahafalytenus'' Silva-Dávila, 2007 — Madagascar
*'' Montescueia'' Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961 — Argentina
*'' Nimbanahita'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
*'' Nothroctenus'' Badcock, 1932 — Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
*'' Ohvida'' Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 — Cuba
*'' Parabatinga'' Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 — South America
*'' Perictenus'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
*'' Petaloctenus'' Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 — Africa
*'' Phoneutria'' Perty, 1833 — South America
*'' Phymatoctenus'' Simon, 1897 — Brazil, Guyana, Costa Rica
*'' Piloctenus'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea, Togo, Ivory Coast
*'' Sinoctenus'' Marusik, Zhang & Omelko, 2012
*'' Spinoctenus'' Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando & Simó, 2018
*'' Thoriosa'' Simon, 1910 — São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea
*''Toca'' Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
*''Trogloctenus'' Lessert, 1935 — Congo
*'' Trujillina'' Bryant, 1948 — Caribbean
*'' Tuticanus'' Simon, 1897 — Ecuador, Peru
*'' Viracucha'' Lehtinen, 1967 — South America
*'' Wiedenmeyeria'' Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela

See also

* List of Ctenidae species

References

External links

World Spider Catalog 8.0: Family Ctenidae

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Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling

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