World Spider Catalog

Cycloctenidae Simon, 1898

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: see Lehtinen, 1967, Homann, 1968, Forster, 1970b: 111 and Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 for differing views on the limits of this family; transfer of Hapona and Laestrygones from Desidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; Orepukia transferred from Agelenidae, Pakeha and Paravoca transferred from Amaurobiidae to Cycloctenidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

In synonymy:

Pycnoctenus L. Koch, 1878 = Cycloctenus L. Koch, 1878 (Lehtinen, 1967: 261)

Gen. Cycloctenus L. Koch, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01926

type Cycloctenus flaviceps L. Koch, 1878; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Pisauridae to the Cycloctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 261; considered a senior synonym of Pycnoctenus L. Koch, 1878a: 996 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04847] (type P. robustus L. Koch, 1878) by Lehtinen, 1967: 261.

Transferred to other genera:

Cycloctenus vittatus Rainbow, 1920 -- see Argoctenus

Cycloctenus abyssinus Urquhart, 1890 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021794

Cycloctenus abyssinus Urquhart, 1890b: 237, pl. 16, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus abyssinus Rainbow, 1893a: 473, pl. 22, f. 6-12 (mf)

Cycloctenus abyssinus Forster, 1979: 17, f. 43 (f)

Cycloctenus agilis Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021795

Cycloctenus agilis Forster, 1979: 20, f. 69-70 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus centralis Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021796

Cycloctenus centralis Forster, 1979: 21, f. 75-78 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus cryptophilus Hickman, 1981 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021797

Cycloctenus cryptophilus Hickman, 1981: 56, f. 14-18 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus duplex Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021798

Cycloctenus duplex Forster, 1979: 22, f. 83-85 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus fiordensis Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021799

Cycloctenus fiordensis Forster, 1979: 18, f. 8, 62-65 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus flaviceps L. Koch, 1878 | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021800 TYPE SPECIES

Cycloctenus flaviceps L. Koch, 1878a: 988, pl. 86, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus flaviceps Simon, 1898a: 353

Cycloctenus flaviceps Simon, 1899b: 426 (S of Cycloctenus lepidus, revalidated by Forster, 1979: 20)

Cycloctenus flaviceps Dalmas, 1917a: 414 (probable S of Cycloctenus fugax and C. lepidus, both accepted by Roewer, 1955c: 314, both revalidated by Forster, 1979: 20, 23)

Cycloctenus flaviceps Forster, 1979: 13, f. 3, 42 (f)

Cycloctenus flavus Hickman, 1981 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021801

Cycloctenus flavus Hickman, 1981: 50, f. 6-9 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus fugax Goyen, 1890 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021802

Cycloctenus fugax Goyen, 1890: 267 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus fugax Forster, 1979: 23, f. 6, 9, 39-40, 79-82 (mf, removed from S of Cycloctenus flaviceps, rejecting Dalmas, 1917a: 414, resp. Roewer, 1955c: 314)

Cycloctenus infrequens Hickman, 1981 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021803

Cycloctenus infrequens Hickman, 1981: 59, f. 19-22 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus lepidus Urquhart, 1890 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021804

Cycloctenus lepidus Urquhart, 1890c: 261, pl. 17, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus lepidus Forster, 1979: 20, f. 66-68 (Dm, f, removed from S of Cycloctenus flaviceps, rejecting Simon, 1899b: 426)

Cycloctenus montivagus Hickman, 1981 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021805

Cycloctenus montivagus Hickman, 1981: 53, f. 10-13 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus nelsonensis Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021806

Cycloctenus nelsonensis Forster, 1979: 16, f. 58-61 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus nelsonensis Ramírez, 2014: 254, f. 169C, E, 172C (f)

Cycloctenus paturau Forster, 1979 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021807

Cycloctenus paturau Forster, 1979: 17, f. 55-57 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus pulcher Urquhart, 1891 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021808

Cycloctenus pulcher Urquhart, 1891a: 183 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus pulcher Forster, 1979: 20, f. 71-74 (Dm, f, removed from S of Cycloctenus flaviceps, rejecting Dalmas, 1917a: 414, resp. Roewer, 1955c: 314)

Cycloctenus pulcher Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 90, f. 55.1, 3-5 (mf)

Cycloctenus robustus (L. Koch, 1878) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021809

Pycnoctenus robustus L. Koch, 1878a: 996, pl. 87, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Cycloctenus westlandicus Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021810

Cycloctenus westlandicus Forster, 1964a: 149, f. 69-75 (Dmf) Original description

Cycloctenus westlandicus Forster, 1979: 14, f. 31-32, 38, 50-54 (mf)