World Spider Catalog

Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Acanthoctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 378; Lehtinen's inclusion of the Thalassiinae (Pisauridae) was rejected by Brignoli, 1983c: 585; considered polyphyletic by Griswold, 1993: 37); limits thoroughly discussed by Silva-Dávila, 2003; Cupiennius Simon, 1891 transferred to the Trechaleidae by Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233, Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 and Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7 list these subfamilies: Acantheinae Simon, 1897a: 115 (sub Acantheae), Acanthocteninae Simon, 1892, Calocteninae Simon, 1897a: 119 (sub Calocteneae), Cteninae and Enoplocteninae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025.

Gen. Macroctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04402

type Ctenus kingsleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Macroctenus dirus (Thorell, 1899) = Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (Hyatt, 1954: 884, sub Ctenus)

Macroctenus nigrifemur (Strand, 1908) = Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (Benoit, 1978a: 219, sub Ctenus)

Macroctenus herbicola Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049390

Macroctenus herbicola Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. 11A-D, 12A-C, 13A-B, 14A-D (Dmf) Original description

Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020607 TYPE SPECIES

Ctenus kingsleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 20, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Ctenus dirus Thorell, 1899: 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062493]

Ctenus nigrifemur Strand, 1908d: 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062494]

Ctenus dirus Strand, 1908e: 273 (Dm)

Ctenus dirus Arts, 1912: 190, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf)

Ctenus kingsleyi Hyatt, 1954: 884 (S of Ctenus dirus)

Ctenus kingsleyi Benoit, 1978a: 219, f. 1A-D (mf, S of Ctenus nigrifemur and C. occitentalis [revalidated by Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 155])

Ctenus kingsleyi Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 150, f. 43-47, 74, 85 (mf)

Macroctenus kingsleyi Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. S6A-H (mf, T from Ctenus)

Macroctenus nimba Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049391

Macroctenus nimba Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 107, f. 16A-F, 17A-D, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-I (Dmf) Original description

Macroctenus occidentalis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) | | West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038723

Ctenus occidentalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 22, pl. 3, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Ctenus occidentalis Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 155, f. 53-55, 73 (f, removed from S of Ctenus kingsleyi, rejecting Benoit, 1978a: 219)

Macroctenus occidentalis Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. S7A-I (f, T from Ctenus)

Macroctenus vandenspiegeli Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049392

Macroctenus vandenspiegeli Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 115, f. 21A-C, 22A-E, 23A-E (Dmf) Original description