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 and Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 517, f. 17-18.

Gen. Africactenus Hyatt, 1954 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01777

In synonymy:

Africactenus caporiaccoi (Lessert, 1946, T from Caloctenus) = Africactenus ghesquierei Lessert, 1946 (Benoit, 1974a: 136)

Africactenus desartsi Hyatt, 1954 = Africactenus decorosus Arts, 1912 (Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 134)

Africactenus sandersoni Hyatt, 1954 = Africactenus poecilus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1974a: 140)

Homonym replaced:

Africactenus gracilitarsis (Strand, 1907) -- see Africactenus tenuitarsis Strand, 1908 Strand, 1908e

Africactenus acteninus Benoit, 1974 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020405

Africactenus acteninus Benoit, 1974a: 139, f. 5, 10.2c (Df) Original description

Africactenus agilior (Pocock, 1900) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020406

Ctenus agilior Pocock, 1900g: 873, pl. 55, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Africactenus agilior Hyatt, 1954: 888, f. 28 (Df, T from Ctenus)

Africactenus agilior Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1b (f)

Africactenus decorosus (Arts, 1912) | | Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020542

Ctenus decorosus Arts, 1912: 210, pl. 3, f. 42 (Dm) Original description

Africactenus desartsi Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020408]

Africactenus desartsi Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1c (f)

Ctenus decorosus Benoit, 1981: 32, f. 2 (m)

Africactenus decorosus Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 134, f. 6-10, 78, 81 (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Africactenus desartsi)

Africactenus depressus Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020407

Africactenus depressus Hyatt, 1954: 888, f. 7-8, 31 (Dmf) Original description

Africactenus depressus Benoit, 1974a: 140, f. 7, 10.1f (mf)

Africactenus evadens Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 | | Ivory Coast, Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038718

Africactenus evadens Steyn & Jocqué in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 137, f. 11-15, 76, 82 (Dmf) Original description

Africactenus evadens Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 146, f. S1A-F (mf)

Africactenus fernandensis (Simon, 1909) | | Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020451

Caloctenus fernandensis Simon, 1909f: 362 (Df) Original description

Africactenus fernandensis Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (T from Caloctenus)

Africactenus ghesquierei (Lessert, 1946) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020409

Caloctenus ghesquierei Lessert, 1946: 204, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Caloctenus caporiaccoi Lessert, 1946: 205, f. 3-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060881]

Africactenus ghesquierei Benoit, 1974a: 136, f. 3, 10.1g (mf, T from Caloctenus, S of Caloctenus caporiaccoi)

Africactenus giganteus Benoit, 1974 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020410

Africactenus giganteus Benoit, 1974a: 134, f. 1-210.1a (Df) Original description

Africactenus guineensis (Simon, 1897) | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020411

Caloctenus guineensis Simon, 1897b: 496 (Df) Original description

Africactenus guineensis Benoit, 1974a: 137, f. 4, 10.1e (f, T from Caloctenus)

Africactenus kribiensis Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon, Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020412

Africactenus kribiensis Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Africactenus kribiensis Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2d (f)

Africactenus leleupi Benoit, 1975 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020413

Africactenus leleupi Benoit, 1975a: 931, f. 11-14 (Dmf) Original description

Africactenus longurio (Simon, 1909) | | West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020414

Ctenus longurio Simon, 1909f: 354, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Ctenus longurio Arts, 1912: 192, pl. 1, f. 4 (mf)

Africactenus longurio Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 13-14, 32 (mf, T from Ctenus)

Africactenus longurio Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2b (f)

Africactenus monitor Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038719

Africactenus monitor Steyn & Jocqué in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 139, f. 16-20, 77, 90 (Dmf) Original description

Africactenus monitor Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 98, f. 26f-i (mf)

Africactenus pococki Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon, Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020415

Africactenus pococki Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 15-16 (Dm) Original description

Africactenus pococki Benoit, 1974a: 138, f. 8 (m)

Africactenus poecilus (Thorell, 1899) | | Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020416

Ctenus poecilus Thorell, 1899: 75 (Df) Original description

Africactenus sandersoni Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 27 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060882]

Caloctenus poecilus Roewer, 1955c: 668

Africactenus poecilus Benoit, 1974a: 139, f. 10.2a (f, T from Caloctenus, S of Africactenus sandersoni)

Africactenus simoni Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020417

Africactenus simoni Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 26 (Df) Original description

Africactenus simoni Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1d (f)

Africactenus sladeni Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020418

Africactenus sladeni Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 30 (Df) Original description

Africactenus sladeni Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2e (f)

Africactenus tenuitarsis (Strand, 1908) | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020419

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Strand, 1907i: 180 (Dmf; preoccupied by Simon, 1897, see Caloctenus gracilitarsis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060883]

Caloctenus tenuitarsis Strand, 1908e: 277 (replacement name) Original description

Africactenus tenuitarsis Benoit, 1974a: 140, f. 6, 10.2f (mf, T from Caloctenus)

Africactenus tridentatus Hyatt, 1954 | | Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020420

Africactenus tridentatus Hyatt, 1954: 891, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Africactenus tridentatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022c: 7, 5 f. (m)

Africactenus trilateralis Hyatt, 1954 | | Cameroon, Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020421

Africactenus trilateralis Hyatt, 1954: 891, f. 5-6 (Dm) Original description

Africactenus trilateralis Benoit, 1974a: 142, f. 9 (m)

Africactenus unumus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050057

Africactenus unumus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018a: 396, f. 1A, 2A-B, 3A-C (Dm) Original description