''Gephyroctenus'' 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 (biology), taxonomy of Arachnida. He was als ...
in 1936.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Gephyroctenus acre''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
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Gephyroctenus atininga''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
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Gephyroctenus divisor''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
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Gephyroctenus esteio''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
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Gephyroctenus juruti''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru, Brazil
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Gephyroctenus mapia''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
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Gephyroctenus panguana''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru
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Gephyroctenus philodromoides''
Mello-Leitão, 1936 (
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) – Peru, Brazil
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Gephyroctenus portovelho''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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