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. Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01781

Transferred to other genera:

Caloctenus boetonensis Strand, 1913 -- see Acantheis

Caloctenus caporiaccoi Lessert, 1946 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus celer Simon, 1897 -- see Acantheis

Caloctenus distinctus Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Enoploctenus

Caloctenus fernandensis Simon, 1909 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus ghesquierei Lessert, 1946 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Strand, 1907 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus guineensis Simon, 1897 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus luteovittatus Simon, 1897 -- see Enoploctenus

Caloctenus oreus Simon, 1901 -- see Acantheis

Caloctenus penicilliger Simon, 1897 -- see Enoploctenus

Caloctenus poecilus (Thorell, 1899) -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus tenuitarsis Strand, 1908 -- see Africactenus

Caloctenus variegatus Bertkau, 1880 -- see Enoploctenus

In synonymy:

Caloctenus vachoni (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Gephyroctenus) = Caloctenus gracilitarsis Simon, 1897 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 707)

Caloctenus abyssinicus Strand, 1917 | j | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020446

Caloctenus abyssinicus Strand, 1917e: 41 (Dj; misplaced in this genus, per Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13) Original description

Caloctenus aculeatus Keyserling, 1877 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020447

Caloctenus aculeatus Keyserling, 1877a: 697, pl. 8, f. 59 (Df) Original description

Caloctenus aculeatus Silva-Dávila, 2004: 16, f. 14A-C, 15A-B (f, Dm)

Caloctenus albertoi Hazzi & Silva-Dávila, 2012 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044942

Caloctenus albertoi Hazzi & Silva-Dávila, 2012: 65, f. 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A-F (Dmf) Original description

Caloctenus carbonera Silva-Dávila, 2004 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040162

Caloctenus carbonera Silva-Dávila, 2004: 21, f. 6D, 11A-B, 19A-C, 20A-D, 21A-B (Dmf) Original description

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Simon, 1897 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020452

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

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Caporiacco, 1955: 397, f. 55a-c (f, Dm)

Gephyroctenus vachoni Caporiacco, 1955: 398 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020750]

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Brignoli, 1972c: 380, f. 39-40 (f)

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Silva-Dávila, 2004: 19, f. 6A-C, 7B, 8A-B, 10D, 16A-B, 17A-D, 18A-B (mf)

Caloctenus gracilitarsis Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 707 (S of Gephyroctenus vachoni)

Caloctenus oxapampa Silva-Dávila, 2004 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040163

Caloctenus oxapampa Silva-Dávila, 2004: 23, f. 1A-C, 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-D, 5A-C, 7A, 9A-D, 10A-C, 13, 22A-D, 23A-D, 24A-B, 25A-B (Dmf) Original description