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, 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.

In synonymy:

Leitanoctenus Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932 (Lehtinen, 1967: 244)

Mesoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 = Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932 (Lehtinen, 1967: 248, preoccupied)

Gen. Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01797

type Nothroctenus stupidus Badcock, 1932; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Mesoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 100 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04956] (type M. sericeus Mello-Leitão, 1929) (preoccupied in Mammalia by Thomas, 1918) and a senior synonym of Leitanoctenus Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 384 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04957] (type Mesoctenus sericeus Mello-Leitão, 1929) by Lehtinen, 1967: 244, 248 (both removed from the synonymy of Acanthoctenus, contra Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 192 and Roewer, 1955c: 1288).

In synonymy:

Nothroctenus impar (Dahl, 1901, T from Acanthoctenus) = Nothroctenus marshi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (Lehtinen, 1967: 252)

Nothroctenus marshi pygmaeus (Strand, 1909) = Nothroctenus marshi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 38)

Nothroctenus saraensis (Strand, 1909, T from Acanthoctenus) = Nothroctenus marshi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (Lehtinen, 1967: 252)

Nothroctenus bahiensis Mello-Leitão, 1936 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020768

Nothroctenus bahiensis Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 25, pl. 4, f. 47-48 (Dm) Original description

Nothroctenus fuxico Dias & Brescovit, 2004 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040188

Nothroctenus fuxico Dias & Brescovit, 2004: 791, f. 4-18 (Dmf) Original description

Nothroctenus lineatus (Tullgren, 1905) | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020769

Acanthoctenus lineatus Tullgren, 1905: 19, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus lineatus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 191, f. 8-9 (mf)

Nothroctenus lineatus Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (T from Acanthoctenus)

Nothroctenus marshi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020770

Acanthoctenus marshi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 103, pl. 4, f. 3a, c (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus impar Dahl, 1901a: 188 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062504]

Acanthoctenus saraensis Strand, 1909i: 408 (Dm; f see Viracucha andicola) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062505]

Acanthoctenus impar pygmaeus Strand, 1909i: 404 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020771]

Acanthoctenus marshi Petrunkevitch, 1910: 206, pl. 21, f. 1 (f)

Acanthoctenus marshi Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 189, f. 4-5 (f, Dm)

Acanthoctenus impar Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 197, f. 13 (mf)

Nothroctenus marshii Lehtinen, 1967: 252, f. 417, 419 (mf, T from Acanthoctenus, S of Acanthoctenus impar and A. saraensis)

Nothroctenus marshii Silva-Dávila, 2003: 49, f. 19c (m)

Nothroctenus marshi Nentwig et al., 2019: 38 (S of Nothroctenus marshi pygmaeus)

Nothroctenus omega (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020772

Mesoctenus omega Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 101, f. 13 (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus omega Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 190, f. 6-7 (f, Dm)

Nothroctenus omega Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (T from Acanthoctenus)

Nothroctenus sericeus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020773

Mesoctenus sericeus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 100, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus sericeus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 200, f. 18 (f)

Nothroctenus sericeus Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (T from Acanthoctenus)

Nothroctenus spinulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020774

Mesoctenus spinulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 101, f. 12 (Dm) Original description

Mesoctenus spinulosus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 25 (Df)

Acanthoctenus spinulosus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 191, f. 10-11 (mf)

Leitanoctenus spinulosus Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 384

Nothroctenus spinulosus Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (T from Leitanoctenus)

Nothroctenus stupidus Badcock, 1932 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020775 TYPE SPECIES

Nothroctenus stupidus Badcock, 1932: 31, f. 33 (Df) Original description