''Cycloctenus'' is a

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araneomorph spiders in the family

Cycloctenidae Cycloctenidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted fami ...

, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the

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s, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distinctive arrangement of its eyes, particularly the enlarged posterolateral eyes. It was moved to the Cycloctenidae in 1967.

Species

it contains seventeen species: *''

Cycloctenus abyssinus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Urquhart, 1890 – Australia (New South Wales) *''

Cycloctenus agilis ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus centralis ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus cryptophilus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania) *''

Cycloctenus duplex ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus fiordensis ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus flaviceps ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' L. Koch, 1878 (

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) – Australia *''

Cycloctenus flavus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania) *'' Cycloctenus fugax'' Goyen, 1890 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus infrequens ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania) *''

Cycloctenus lepidus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Urquhart, 1890 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus montivagus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania) *''

Cycloctenus nelsonensis ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *''

Cycloctenus paturau ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1979 – New Zealand *'' Cycloctenus pulcher'' Urquhart, 1891 – New Zealand *'' Cycloctenus robustus'' (L. Koch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales) *''

Cycloctenus westlandicus ''Cycloctenus'' is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distincti ...

'' Forster, 1964 – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Cycloctenidae Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub