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. Piloctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04405

type Ctenus pilosus Thorell, 1899; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Piloctenus cavaticus minor (Lessert, 1929) = Piloctenus pilosus (Thorell, 1899) (Benoit, 1979c: 568, sub Ctenus)

Piloctenus ennosigaeus (Arts, 1912) = Piloctenus pilosus (Thorell, 1899) (Benoit, 1979c: 568, sub Ctenus)

Piloctenus observandus (Arts, 1912) = Piloctenus pilosus (Thorell, 1899) (Benoit, 1979c: 568, sub Ctenus)

Piloctenus gryseelsi Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049395

Piloctenus gryseelsi Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 129, f. 32A-E, 33A-C, 34A-D (Dmf) Original description

Piloctenus haematostoma Jocqué & Henrard, 2017 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049396

Piloctenus haematostoma Jocqué & Henrard in Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 133, f. 35A-G, 36A-C, 37A-D, 38A-D (Dmf) Original description

Piloctenus mirificus (Arts, 1912) | | Togo, Ivory Coast, Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038722

Ctenus mirificus Arts, 1912: 209, pl. 3, f. 41 (Df) Original description

Ctenus mirificus Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 152, f. 48-52, 72, 86-87 (Dm, f, removed from S of Ctenus pilosus, rejecting Benoit, 1979c: 568)

Piloctenus mirificus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 129, f. S9A-H (mf, T from Ctenus)

Piloctenus pilosus (Thorell, 1899) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020660 TYPE SPECIES

Ctenus pilosus Thorell, 1899: 78 (Dmf) Original description

Ctenus ennosigaeus Arts, 1912: 211, pl. 3, f. 44 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062487]

Ctenus pilosus Arts, 1912: 208, pl. 3, f. 37 (mf)

Ctenus observandus Arts, 1912: 210, pl. 3, f. 43 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062488]

Ctenus cavaticus minor Lessert, 1929: 144, f. 24 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062486]

Ctenus pilosus Hyatt, 1954: 885, f. 9-12, 23 (mf)

Ctenus pilosus Benoit, 1979c: 568, f. 1A-B (mf, S of Ctenus cavaticus minor, C. ennosigaeus, C. mirificus and C. observandus; C. mirificus revalidated by Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 152)

Piloctenus pilosus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 138, f. 39A-D, 40A-C, 41A-D (mf, T from Ctenus)