''Senoculus'' is a

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spiders in the family Senoculidae, and was first described by

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in 1872. It is the only genus in the family Senoculidae.

Species

it contains thirty-one species, found in South America,

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, and on

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: *'' Senoculus albidus'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) –

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*'' Senoculus barroanus'' Chickering, 1941 –

*'' Senoculus bucolicus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus cambridgei'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus canaliculatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to Panama *'' Senoculus carminatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus darwini'' (Holmberg, 1883) –

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*'' Senoculus fimbriatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus gracilis'' ( Keyserling, 1879) – Guyana to Argentina *'' Senoculus guianensis'' Caporiacco, 1947 –

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*'' Senoculus iricolor'' (

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, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus maronicus'' Taczanowski, 1872 (

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*'' Senoculus minutus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus monastoides'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Brazil *'' Senoculus nigropurpureus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 –

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*'' Senoculus penicillatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 –

, Brazil, Paraguay *'' Senoculus planus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus plumosus'' (Simon, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus prolatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) –

*'' Senoculus proximus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus purpureus'' (Simon, 1880) – Panama to Argentina *'' Senoculus robustus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus rubicundus'' Chickering, 1953 – Panama *'' Senoculus rubromaculatus'' Keyserling, 1879 –

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*'' Senoculus ruficapillus'' (Simon, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus scalarum'' Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 – Argentina *'' Senoculus silvaticus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus tigrinus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus uncatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus wiedenmeyeri'' Schenkel, 1953 –

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*'' Senoculus zeteki'' Chickering, 1953 – Panama

References

Araneomorphae genera Senoculidae {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References