type Ancylometes vulpes Bertkau, 1880; gender masculine; syn. of Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833)

N.B.: transferred from the Pisauridae to the Ctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 214, transfer rejected by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 155, reinstated by Silva-Dávila, 2003: 32; transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; considered a senior synonym of Lycoctenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 95 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05078] (type L. brunneus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)) by Simon, 1898a: 300; considered a senior synonym of Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 139 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04613] (type C. anomalostomus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833)) by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165.

Transferred to other genera:

Ancylometes ahrensi (Schmidt, 1961) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes birabeni (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961) -- see Viracucha

Ancylometes granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes valentinei Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Cupiennius

In synonymy:

Ancylometes acostae Schenkel, 1953 = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes anomalostomus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes argentinus (Holmberg, 1881) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes bahiensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes bolivianus Tullgren, 1905 = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes brunneus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes caracasensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes colombianus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 308, sub Lycoctenus)

Ancylometes demerarensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes diplocellatus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes fuscus (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes giganteus (Taczanowski, 1874, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes gigas (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes greenwayi (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes infelix (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes iophorus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes juruensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes metatarsalis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes nasutus (Kraus, 1955, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes niveobarbatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes originalis (Mello-Leitão, 1936) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes orinocensis Simon, 1898 = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes palustris (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes paraensis (Strand, 1916) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes paraguayensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes paulensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes pindareensis Mello-Leitão, 1921 = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes saraensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes selenkae (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes striolatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes tenkatei (van Hasselt, 1888, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes titanus (Caporiacco, 1947) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes unicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (C. L. Koch, 1847: 59, sub Ctenus)

Ancylometes venezuelensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes vulpes Bertkau, 1880 = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes xerophilus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)