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. Enoploctenus Simon, 1897 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01787

Transferred to other genera:

Enoploctenus miserabilis (Strand, 1916) -- see Chococtenus

In synonymy:

Enoploctenus scopulifer Strand, 1908 = Enoploctenus cyclothorax Bertkau, 1880 (Bücherl, 1952a: 30)

Enoploctenus variegatus (Bertkau, 1880, T from Caloctenus) = Enoploctenus cyclothorax Bertkau, 1880 (Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13)

Enoploctenus cyclothorax (Bertkau, 1880) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020743

Ctenus cyclothorax Bertkau, 1880a: 56, pl. 1, f. 18 (Dm) Original description

Caloctenus variegatus Bertkau, 1880a: 59, pl. 1, f. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020456]

Caloctenus cyclothorax Keyserling, 1891: 143

Enoploctenus germaini Simon, 1897a: 118, f. 107-108

Enoploctenus germaini Simon, 1897b: 495 (Dj)

Enoploctenus scopulifer Strand, 1908d: 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058002]

Enoploctenus janeiroensis Strand, 1909i: 417 (Dj)

Enoploctenus geralensis Strand, 1909i: 418 (Df)

Enoploctenus zonatulus Strand, 1909i: 422 (Dj)

Enoploctenus wolfi Strand, 1916b: 133 (Df)

Enoploctenus cyclothorax Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 23

Enoploctenus zonatulus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 24, pl. 2, f. 44 (Dmf)

Enoploctenus cyclothorax Bücherl, 1952a: 30, f. 10-22 (mf, S of Enoploctenus scopulifer)

Enoploctenus cyclothorax Brescovit in Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (S of Caloctenus variegatus)

Enoploctenus cyclothorax Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 346, f. 6C, 17D (m)

Enoploctenus distinctus (Caporiacco, 1947) | j | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020450

Caloctenus distinctus Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Dj) Original description

Enoploctenus distinctus Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (Tj from Caloctenus)

Enoploctenus inazensis (Strand, 1909) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020592

Ctenus inazensis Strand, 1909h: 307 (Dmf) Original description

Enoploctenus inazensis Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 360 (Tmf from Ctenus)

Enoploctenus inazensis Dupérré, 2014a: 69, f. 4-8 (mf)

Enoploctenus luteovittatus (Simon, 1898) | j | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020453

Caloctenus luteovittatus Simon, 1898i: 880 (Dj) Original description

Enoploctenus luteovittatus Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (Tj from Caloctenus)

Enoploctenus maculipes Strand, 1909 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020744

Enoploctenus maculipes Strand, 1909i: 420 (Df) Original description

Enoploctenus rondoni Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 42 (Df)

Enoploctenus fallax Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 42 (Df)

Enoploctenus strandi Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 24, pl. 4, f. 45-46 (Dm)

Enoploctenus maculipes Bücherl, 1952a: 9, 31, f. 1-4

Enoploctenus morbidus Mello-Leitão, 1939 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020745

Enoploctenus morbidus Mello-Leitão, 1939h: 287, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Enoploctenus morbidus Bücherl, 1952a: 31

Enoploctenus pedatissimus Strand, 1909 | | Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020746

Enoploctenus pedatissimus Strand, 1909i: 415 (Dm) Original description

Enoploctenus pedatissimus Bücherl, 1952a: 7, 31

Enoploctenus penicilliger (Simon, 1898) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020455

Caloctenus penicilliger Simon, 1898i: 881 (Dmf) Original description

Enoploctenus penicilliger Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (Tmf from Caloctenus)