''Petaloctenus'' is a
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of
Africa
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n
wandering spiders first described by Rudy Jocqué & T. Steyn in 1997.
Species
it contains five species:
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Petaloctenus bossema''
Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 (
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) – Ivory Coast
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Petaloctenus clathratus''
( Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
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Petaloctenus cupido''
Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Guinea
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Petaloctenus lunatus''
Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Nigeria
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Petaloctenus songan''
Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 – Ivory Coast
References
Ctenidae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Africa
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