Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a

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s 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.

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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 &

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, 2001 — Asia, Australia *'' Amicactenus'' Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Africa *''

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'' 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 ''Chococtenus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. It was first described in 2015 by Dupérré. , it contains 15 species, all from South America. Species ''Chococtenus'' comprises the following species: *''Chococtenus acanthoctenoi ...

'' 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 *''

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'' Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil *''

Trogloctenus ''Trogloctenus'' is a genus of wandering spiders first described by R. de Lessert in 1935. it contains only two species: ''T. briali'' and ''T. fagei''. Originally placed as a subgenus In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank d ...

'' Lessert, 1935 — Congo *'' Trujillina'' Bryant, 1948 — Caribbean *'' Tuticanus'' Simon, 1897 — Ecuador, Peru *'' Viracucha'' Lehtinen, 1967 — South America *'' Wiedenmeyeria'' Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela

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World Spider Catalog 8.0: Family Ctenidae
* Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling {{Ctenidae-stub

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