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. Petaloctenus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01800

type Petaloctenus bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997; gender masculine

Petaloctenus bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020781 TYPE SPECIES

Petaloctenus bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 109, f. 1-11, 17-19, 21-24 (Dmf) Original description

Petaloctenus bossema Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 75, f. 10, 12 (mf)

Petaloctenus clathratus (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020782

Ctenus clathratus Thorell, 1899: 79 (Df) Original description

Ctenus clathratus Benoit, 1980: 113, f. 3 (f)

Petaloctenus clathratus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 115, f. 16 (Tf from Ctenus)

Petaloctenus clathratus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 76, f. 13 (f)

Petaloctenus cupido Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039244

Petaloctenus cupido Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 71, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Petaloctenus cupido Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 146, f. S8A-D (mf)

Petaloctenus lunatus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 | | Nigeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039245

Petaloctenus lunatus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 74, f. 7-8 (Df) Original description

Petaloctenus songan Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020783

Petaloctenus songan Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 113, f. 12-14, 20 (Dmf) Original description

Petaloctenus songan Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 75, f. 9, 11 (mf)