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.

In synonymy:

Parabatinga Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 = Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 34)

Gen. Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01783

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Parabatinga Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 603 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03885] (type Ctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891) by Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 34.

Transferred to other genera:

Centroctenus macdonaghi Mello-Leitão, 1938 -- see Asthenoctenus

Centroctenus sai Brescovit, 1996 -- see Itatiaya

In synonymy:

Centroctenus albovittatus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213, sub Ctenus taeniatus)

Centroctenus anisitsi (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus atrivulva (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus binotatus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213, sub Ctenus taeniatus)

Centroctenus birabeni (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus gynheraldicus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Oligoctenus = Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213, sub Ctenus taeniatus)

Centroctenus longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1929 = Centroctenus ocelliventer Strand, 1909 (Brescovit, 1996: 303)

Centroctenus masculus (Mello-Leitão, 1939, T from Isoctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus mentor (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus nanellus (Mello-Leitão, 1930, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus ocelliventer Strand, 1909 (Brescovit, 1996: 303)

Centroctenus penicillatus (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Acanthoctenus) = Centroctenus auberti Caporiacco, 1954 (Brescovit, 1996: 305)

Centroctenus taeniatus (Keyserling, 1891, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus tapereba (Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus auberti Caporiacco, 1954 (Brescovit, 1996: 305)

Centroctenus tatarendensis (Tullgren, 1905, T from Ctenus) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, sub Parabatinga)

Centroctenus thomasi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) = Centroctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213, sub Ctenus taeniatus)

Centroctenus acara Brescovit, 1996 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020466

Centroctenus acara Brescovit, 1996: 308, f. 25-28 (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus acara Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus alinahui Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052542

Centroctenus alinahui Brescovit et al., 2020: 319, f. 6A-D (Dm) Original description

Centroctenus alinahui Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus auberti (Caporiacco, 1954) | | Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020467

Ctenus auberti Caporiacco, 1954: 123, f. 33, 33a (Dm) Original description

Acanthoctenus penicillatus Caporiacco, 1955: 290, f. 6a-b (Dm)

Ctenus tapereba Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 94, f. 8c-d (Df)

Centroctenus auberti Brescovit, 1996: 305, f. 23-24 (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Acanthoctenus penicillatus and Ctenus tapereba)

Centroctenus auberti Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus brevipes (Keyserling, 1891) | | Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020508

Ctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891: 148, pl. 4, f. 101 (Df) Original description

Ctenus taeniatus Keyserling, 1891: 151, pl. 4, f. 104 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020706]

Ctenus thomasi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902b: 403, pl. 7, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054414]

Ctenus tatarendensis Tullgren, 1905: 48, pl. 7, f. 22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020710]

Ctenus anisitsi Strand, 1909h: 311 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020487]

Ctenus atrivulva Strand, 1909h: 314 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020490]

Ctenus mentor Strand, 1909h: 315 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020629]

Ctenus brevilabris Strand, 1909i: 410 (provisional name)

Ctenus binotatus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 6, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054412]

Ctenus brevipes Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 3 (f)

Ctenus gynheraldicus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 8, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054413]

Ctenus albovittatus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 74, f. 56-58 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054411]

Isoctenus masculus Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 527, f. 9-10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020757]

Ctenus birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 157, pl. 8, f. 35 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020503]

Oligoctenus taeniatus Lehtinen, 1967: 254 (T from Ctenus)

Ctenus taeniatus Eickstedt, 1978: 213, f. 1-4 (mf, T from Oligoctenus, S of Ctenus albovittatus, C. binotatus, C. gynheraldicus and C. thomasi)

Parabatinga brevipes Polotow & Brescovit, 2009a: 605, f. 16A-D, 17A-D, 18A-B, 20C (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Ctenus anisitsi, C. atrivulva, C. birabeni, C. mentor, C. taeniatus, C. tatarendensis and Isoctenus masculus)

Parabatinga brevipes Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 349, f. 9A-B (m)

Centroctenus brevipes Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 34, f. 7a-b, 8d-e, 9c-d (mf, T from Parabatinga)

Centroctenus chalkidisi Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052544

Centroctenus chalkidisi Brescovit et al., 2020: 320, f. 8A-D (Dm) Original description

Centroctenus chalkidisi Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus claudia Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052543

Centroctenus claudia Brescovit et al., 2020: 320, f. 7A-B (Df) Original description

Centroctenus claudia Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus coloso Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052541

Centroctenus coloso Brescovit et al., 2020: 316, f. 4A-D, 5A-C (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus coloso Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus danielae (Brescovit, Cizauskas & Polotow, 2022) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054410

Parabatinga danielae Brescovit, Cizauskas & Polotow, 2022: 245, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3A-F, 4A-F, 5A-D, 6A-B (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus danielae Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 34 (by S of the genus Parabatinga)

Centroctenus dourados Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Brezil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052540

Centroctenus dourados Brescovit et al., 2020: 312, f. 1A-F, 2A-C, 3A-F (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus dourados Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus irupana Brescovit, 1996 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020468

Centroctenus irupana Brescovit, 1996: 311, f. 33-36 (Dm) Original description

Centroctenus irupana Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus miriuma Brescovit, 1996 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020469

Centroctenus miriuma Brescovit, 1996: 309, f. 29-32 (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus miriuma Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)

Centroctenus ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020470

Ctenus ocelliventer Strand, 1909i: 411 (Dm) Original description

Ctenus ocelliventer Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 97 (Df)

Centroctenus longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 99, f. 9-10 (Dm)

Ctenus nanellus Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 62, f. 18-19 (Dmf)

Ctenus ocelliventer Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 21, pl. 3, f. 19-20 (mf)

Centroctenus longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 28, pl. 4, f. 51 (m)

Centroctenus ocelliventer Lehtinen, 1967: 222 (T from Ctenus)

Centroctenus ocelliventer Brescovit, 1996: 303, f. 1-22 (mf, S of Centroctenus longimanus and Ctenus nanellus)

Centroctenus ocelliventer Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 34, f. 7c-d, 8a-c, 9a-b, 10a-d (mf)

Centroctenus varzea Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052545

Centroctenus varzea Brescovit et al., 2020: 322, f. 9A-C, 10A-F, 11A-F (Dmf) Original description

Centroctenus varzea Hazzi & Hormiga, 2023: 37 (misplaced in this genus)