''Isoctenus'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
wandering spiders first described by
Philipp Bertkau
Philipp Bertkau (11 January 1849 – 22 October 1894) was a German zoologist born in Cologne.
He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn, where in 1872 he earned his doctorate. In 1873, he became an assistant at the botanical institute ...
in 1880.
Species
it contains fifteen species found in
Brazil
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and
Argentina
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:
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Isoctenus areia''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil
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Isoctenus charada''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil
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Isoctenus corymbus
''Isoctenus'' is a genus of South American Ctenidae, wandering spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880.
Species
it contains fifteen species found in Brazil and Argentina:
*''Isoctenus areia'' Polotow & Antônio Brescovit, Brescovit, ...
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Polotow, Brescovit & Pellegatti-Franco, 2005 – Brazil
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Isoctenus coxalis''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Brazil
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Isoctenus eupalaestrus''
Mello-Leitão, 1936 – Brazil
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Isoctenus foliifer''
Bertkau, 1880 (
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) – Brazil
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Isoctenus griseolus''
(Mello-Leitão, 1936) – Brazil
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Isoctenus herteli''
(Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
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Isoctenus janeirus''
(Walckenaer
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, 1837) – Brazil
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Isoctenus malabaris''
Polotow, Brescovit & Ott, 2007 – Brazil
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Isoctenus minusculus''
( Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
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Isoctenus ordinario''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil, Argentina
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Isoctenus segredo''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil
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Isoctenus strandi''
Mello-Leitão, 1936 – Brazil
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Isoctenus taperae''
(Mello-Leitão, 1936) – Brazil
References
Ctenidae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Argentina
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Philipp Bertkau
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