''Trogloctenus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
wandering spiders first described by R. de Lessert in 1935.
it contains only two species: ''T. briali'' and ''T. fagei''.
Originally placed as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betw ...
of ''
Ctenus'',
it was raised to genus status in 1967.
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Africa
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