World Spider Catalog

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, Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 and Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7 list these subfamilies: Acantheinae Simon, 1897a: 115 (sub Acantheae), Acanthocteninae Simon, 1892, Calocteninae Simon, 1897a: 119 (sub Calocteneae), Cteninae and Enoplocteninae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025.

Gen. Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01788

type Gephyroctenus philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Gephyroctenus parvus Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Phymatoctenus

Gephyroctenus vachoni Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Caloctenus

Gephyroctenus acre Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042279

Gephyroctenus acre Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 712, f. 33-34 (Df) Original description

Gephyroctenus atininga Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042280

Gephyroctenus atininga Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 712, f. 35-36 (Df) Original description

Gephyroctenus divisor Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042277

Gephyroctenus divisor Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 711, f. 25-29 (Dmf) Original description

Gephyroctenus esteio Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042281

Gephyroctenus esteio Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 714, f. 37-38 (Df) Original description

Gephyroctenus juruti Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042276

Gephyroctenus juruti Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 710, f. 20-24 (Dmf) Original description

Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 | j | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020747

Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Dj) Original description

Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1948a: 684, f. 102 (j)

Acanthoctenus spinipes Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 706 (S of Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi, rejected by Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 53)

Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 53 (removed from S of Acanthoctenus spinipes, species inquirenda in Ctenidae)

Gephyroctenus mapia Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042282

Gephyroctenus mapia Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 714, f. 39-40 (Df) Original description

Gephyroctenus panguana Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042278

Gephyroctenus panguana Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 712, f. 30-32 (Dm) Original description

Gephyroctenus philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020749 TYPE SPECIES

Gephyroctenus philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 26, pl. 2, f. 49 (Dm) Original description

Gephyroctenus philodromoides Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 707, f. 1-14 (m, Df)

Gephyroctenus portovelho Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042275

Gephyroctenus portovelho Polotow & Brescovit, 2008: 710, f. 15-19 (Dmf) Original description