In synonymy:
Dyomonomma Simon, 1887 = Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 472)
Microctenus Keyserling, 1877 = Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 (Simon, 1887d: 186, preoccupied, replacement name, sub Oligoctenus)
Oligoctenus Simon, 1887 = Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 (Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 2)
Transferred to other genera:
Ctenus acanthoctenoides Schmidt, 1956 -- see Chococtenus
Ctenus aculeatus Simon, 1896 -- see Anahita
Ctenus agalenoides (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Leptoctenus
Ctenus agilior Pocock, 1899 -- see Africactenus
Ctenus albovittatus Mello-Leitão, 1939 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus aliegenus Arts, 1912 -- see Amicactenus
Ctenus anclatus Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus andamanensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Bowie
Ctenus andrewsi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus angigitanus Roewer, 1938 -- see Bowie
Ctenus angularis Roewer, 1938 -- see Bowie
Ctenus anisitsi Strand, 1909 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus argentipes van Hasselt, 1893 -- see Bowie
Ctenus aruanus Strand, 1911 -- see Bowie
Ctenus atrivulvus Strand, 1909 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus auberti Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Centroctenus
Ctenus aureopubescens Strand, 1906 -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus auricularis (Karsch, 1879) -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus banna Yao & Li, 2022 -- see Bowie
Ctenus bantaengi Merian, 1911 -- see Bowie
Ctenus barbatus Thorell, 1895 -- see Bowie
Ctenus bayeri Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus bicostatus Thorell, 1890 -- see Bowie
Ctenus bimaculatus Taczanowski, 1874 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus binotatus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus boliviensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus bomdilaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1981 -- see Bowie
Ctenus bowonglangi Merian, 1911 -- see Bowie
Ctenus brevipes Keyserling, 1891 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus brevitarsus Bryant, 1940 -- see Ohvida
Ctenus bulimus Strand, 1909 -- see Asthenoctenus
Ctenus byrrhus (Simon, 1888) -- see Leptoctenus
Ctenus calcarifer F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Bowie
Ctenus calzada Alayón, 1985 -- see Ciba
Ctenus carsoni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus cavaticus Lessert, 1929 -- see Piloctenus
Ctenus celebensis Pocock, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus ceylonensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus chilesicus Strand, 1916 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus cladarus Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus clathratus Thorell, 1899 -- see Petaloctenus
Ctenus cochinensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Bowie
Ctenus concolor (Perty, 1833) -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus corniger F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Bowie
Ctenus coxalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus coxanus Bryant, 1940 -- see Ohvida
Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus curvipes (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Kiekie
Ctenus cuspidatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Bowie
Ctenus dangsus Reddy & Patel, 1994 -- see Anahita
Ctenus decorosus Arts, 1912 -- see Africactenus
Ctenus denticulatus (Simon, 1884) -- see Anahita
Ctenus depilatus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus dirus Thorell, 1899 -- see Macroctenus
Ctenus dolomedes Chamberlin, 1925 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus eminens Arts, 1912 -- see Amicactenus
Ctenus ennosigaeus Arts, 1912 -- see Piloctenus
Ctenus erythrochelis (Simon, 1876) -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus eupalaestrus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus fagei Lessert, 1935 -- see Trogloctenus
Ctenus fallax Steyn & Van der Donckt, 2003 -- see Amicactenus
Ctenus feai F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Anahita
Ctenus ferus (Perty, 1833) -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus flavidus Hogg, 1922 -- see Bowie
Ctenus floweri F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus foliiferus (Bertkau, 1880) -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus forcipatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus fungifer Thorell, 1890 -- see Bowie
Ctenus fuscus Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus giganteus Taczanowski, 1874 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus gigas Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus goaensis Bastawade & Borkar, 2008 -- see Bowie
Ctenus griseolus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus griseus Keyserling, 1891 -- see Guasuctenus
Ctenus guadalupei Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus gynheraldicus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus herteli Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus himalayensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Bowie
Ctenus holthoffi Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus hosei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus impressus Franganillo, 1930 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus inazensis Strand, 1909 -- see Enoploctenus
Ctenus incolans F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 -- see Kiekie
Ctenus indicus Gravely, 1931 -- see Bowie
Ctenus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus iophorus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus isolatus Bryant, 1940 -- see Ohvida
Ctenus javanus Pocock, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus johnstoni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus jucundus Thorell, 1897 -- see Anahita
Ctenus juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus kandyensis Kim & Ye, 2014 -- see Bowie
Ctenus kapuri Tikader, 1973 -- see Bowie
Ctenus karschi Roewer, 1951 -- see Bowie
Ctenus kingsleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Macroctenus
Ctenus kochi Simon, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus kuekenthali Pocock, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus lishuqiang Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus longipes Keyserling, 1891 -- see Guasuctenus
Ctenus longipes vittatissimus Strand, 1916 -- see Guasuctenus
Ctenus longurio Simon, 1909 -- see Africactenus
Ctenus luederwaldti Mello-Leitão, 1917 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus lycosinus (Simon, 1896) -- see Anahita
Ctenus marginatus Walckenaer, 1847 -- see Nilus
Ctenus marshalli F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus martensi Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus meghalayaensis Tikader, 1976 -- see Bowie
Ctenus melanogaster (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus mentor Strand, 1909 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus metatarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus minusculus Keyserling, 1891 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus mirificus Arts, 1912 -- see Piloctenus
Ctenus miserabilis Strand, 1916 -- see Chococtenus
Ctenus monaghani Jäger, 2013 -- see Bowie
Ctenus mourei Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus nanellus Mello-Leitão, 1930 -- see Centroctenus
Ctenus narashinhai Patel & Reddy, 1988 -- see Bowie
Ctenus nasutus Kraus, 1955 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus natmataung Jäger & Minn, 2015 -- see Bowie
Ctenus nigrifemur Strand, 1908 -- see Macroctenus
Ctenus nigriventer Keyserling, 1891 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus nigriventroides Strand, 1907 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus niveobarbatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus observandus Arts, 1912 -- see Piloctenus
Ctenus occidentalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 -- see Macroctenus
Ctenus ocelliventer Strand, 1909 -- see Centroctenus
Ctenus ochraceus (C. L. Koch, 1847) -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus originalis Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus paca Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus palembangensis Strand, 1906 -- see Bowie
Ctenus paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus pauper Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus pediculatus Franganillo, 1946 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus pergulanus Arts, 1912 -- see Amicactenus
Ctenus periculosus Bristowe, 1931 -- see Anahita
Ctenus philippinensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus pilosus Thorell, 1899 -- see Piloctenus
Ctenus pingu Jäger & Minn, 2015 -- see Bowie
Ctenus polli van Hasselt, 1893 -- see Bowie
Ctenus pulvinatus Thorell, 1890 -- see Bowie
Ctenus ramosus Thorell, 1887 -- see Bowie
Ctenus reidyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus robustus Thorell, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus rufibarbis (Perty, 1833) -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus rufichelis Mello-Leitão, 1917 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus rufisternis Pocock, 1898 -- see Bowie
Ctenus rufus Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus saci Ono, 2010 -- see Bowie
Ctenus sagittatus Giltay, 1935 -- see Bowie
Ctenus sanguineus Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus sarawakensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus semiornatus Mello-Leitão, 1939 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus signativenter Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus sikkimensis Gravely, 1931 -- see Bowie
Ctenus simplex Thorell, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus sinuatipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Kiekie
Ctenus smythiesi Simon, 1897 -- see Anahita
Ctenus spadiceus Simon, 1909 -- see Thoriosa
Ctenus spinivulva Simon, 1909 -- see Thoriosa
Ctenus striolatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus sus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus syriacus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 -- see Anahita
Ctenus taeniatus Keyserling, 1891 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus taperae Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Isoctenus
Ctenus tapereba Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994 -- see Centroctenus
Ctenus tarsalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Asthenoctenus
Ctenus tatarendensis Tullgren, 1905 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus taurinus Simon, 1909 -- see Thoriosa
Ctenus tenkatei (van Hasselt, 1888) -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus theodorianum Jäger, 2012 -- see Bowie
Ctenus thomasi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Parabatinga
Ctenus thorelli F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Bowie
Ctenus trabifer Thorell, 1887 -- see Bowie
Ctenus tumidulus (Simon, 1887) -- see Bowie
Ctenus tuniensis Patel & Reddy, 1988 -- see Anahita
Ctenus valdehirsutulus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria
Ctenus valvularis (van Hasselt, 1882) -- see Bowie
Ctenus variabilis Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius
Ctenus velox Blackwall, 1865 -- see Afroneutria
Ctenus vernalis Bryant, 1940 -- see Ohvida
Ctenus xerophilus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes
Ctenus yaeyamensis Yoshida, 1998 -- see Bowie
Ctenus yulin Yao & Li, 2022 -- see Bowie
In synonymy:
Ctenus adumbratus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus gulosus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979b: 429)
Ctenus batesi Pocock, 1903 = Ctenus capulinus Karsch, 1879 (Hyatt, 1954: 879)
Ctenus bellus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus capulinus Karsch, 1879 (Benoit, 1980: 112)
Ctenus calcitrosus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus facetus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 571)
Ctenus callosus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus facetus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 571)
Ctenus canonicus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus colonicus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977p: 1028)
Ctenus carvalhoi Eickstedt, 1983 = Ctenus maculisternis Strand, 1909 (Höfer & Brescovit, 1997: 91)
Ctenus cribensis Strand, 1906 = Ctenus capulinus Karsch, 1879 (Benoit, 1980: 112)
Ctenus daemonicus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus amanensis Strand, 1907 (Benoit, 1977n: 702)
Ctenus embriki (Caporiacco, 1949, T from Anahita) = Ctenus colonicus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977m: 370)
Ctenus famigeratus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus oligochronius Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1980: 115)
Ctenus frivolus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus gulosus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979b: 429)
Ctenus fulvipes Caporiacco, 1947 = Ctenus serratipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2012a: 54)
Ctenus gemmatus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 110)
Ctenus hexastictus Simon, 1909 = Ctenus nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 109)
Ctenus historialis Arts, 1912 = Ctenus amanensis Strand, 1907 (Benoit, 1977n: 702)
Ctenus illecebrosus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 109)
Ctenus indigena Arts, 1912 = Ctenus latitabundus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 572)
Ctenus itatiayaeformis Caporiacco, 1955 = Ctenus serratipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2012a: 54)
Ctenus kiwuensis (Strand, 1915, T from Anahita) = Ctenus caligineus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977m: 371)
Ctenus lagesicola Strand, 1909 = Ctenus medius Keyserling, 1891 (Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 3)
Ctenus littorinus Benoit, 1978 = Ctenus modestus Simon, 1897 (Benoit, 1979b: 441)
Ctenus maculivulva Reimoser, 1937 = Ctenus potteri Simon, 1901 (Benoit, 1979b: 442)
Ctenus monicae Vellard, 1929 = Ctenus ornatus Keyserling, 1877 (Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 5)
Ctenus nigrotriangulatus Strand, 1906 = Ctenus potteri Simon, 1901 (Arts, 1912: 186, 200, S omitted by Roewer)
Ctenus peregrinus sapperi Strand, 1916 = Ctenus peregrinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 39)
Ctenus planipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 = Ctenus minor F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 90)
Ctenus rubrifrons Simon, 1909 = Ctenus capulinus Karsch, 1879 (Benoit, 1980: 112)
Ctenus sanctaecatharinae Strand, 1916 = Ctenus medius Keyserling, 1891 (Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 4)
Ctenus scenicus Caporiacco, 1947 = Ctenus serratipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2012a: 54)
Ctenus senex Mello-Leitão, 1929 = Ctenus rectipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Brescovit & Simó, 2007: 10)
Ctenus spenceri F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Ctenus pulchriventris Simon, 1897 (Hyatt, 1954: 886)
Ctenus spenceri herbigradus Arts, 1912 = Ctenus pulchriventris Simon, 1897 (Benoit, 1979b: 430)
Ctenus strenuus (Bryant, 1942, T from Celaetycheus) = Ctenus ottleyi Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Polotow & Brescovit, 2009b: 16)
Ctenus xinguensis Mello-Leitão, 1940 = Ctenus maculisternis Strand, 1909 (Höfer & Brescovit, 1997: 91)
Homonym replaced:
Ctenus strandi (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Anahita) -- see Ctenus colonicus Arts, 1912
Nomina dubia:
Ctenus beerwaldi Strand, 1906h: 78 (j, East Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24
Ctenus biprocessis Strand, 1906b: 635 (mf, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24
Ctenus clariventris Strand, 1906b: 634 (f, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24
Ctenus oudinoti Walckenaer, 1837: 368 (France) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1453
Ctenus quinquevittatus Strand, 1907a: 544, Strand, 1907n: 692 (j, South Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24
Ctenus schneideri Strand, 1906h: 84 (j, West Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24
Ctenus tamerlani Roewer, 1951: 446 (f, Myanmar; new name for specimens misidentified as C. trabifer by Thorell, 1895b: 214 and F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897c: 332, pl. 4, f. 14) -- Jäger, 2012e: 34