Cycloctenidae is a family of
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
s 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 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1898.
Genera
, the
World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:
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Cycloctenus''
L. Koch, 1878 — Australia, New Zealand
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Galliena''
Simon, 1898 — Indonesia
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Orepukia''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
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Pacificana''
Hogg, 1904 — New Zealand (Bounty Islands)
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Pakeha''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
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Paravoca''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
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Plectophanes''
Bryant, 1935 — New Zealand
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Toxopsiella''
Forster, 1964 — New Zealand
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Uzakia''
Koçak & Kemal, 2008 — New Zealand
References
External links
Image of a ''Cycloctenus'' species
Araneomorphae families
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