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 and Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 517, f. 17-18.

In synonymy:

Paracantheis Kraus, 1955 = Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877 (Lehtinen, 1967: 208, 256)

Gen. Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01776

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Paracantheis Kraus, 1955b: 51 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04955] (type P. virginea Kraus, 1955) by Lehtinen, 1967: 256.

Transferred to other genera:

Acanthoctenus andicola Simon, 1906 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus bahiensis Strand, 1910 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus exilis Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus hingstoni Mello-Leitão, 1948 -- see Asthenoctenus

Acanthoctenus impar Dahl, 1901 -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus kolosvaryi (Caporiacco, 1947) -- see Gephyroctenus

Acanthoctenus lineatus Tullgren, 1905 -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus mammifer Mello-Leitão, 1939 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus marshi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus misionesicus Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus omega (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus paraguayensis Strand, 1909 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus penicillatus Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Centroctenus

Acanthoctenus ridleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus saraensis Strand, 1910 -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus sericeus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus silvicola Soares & Soares, 1946 -- see Viracucha

Acanthoctenus spinulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus

Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052794

Acanthoctenus spinigerus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 13 (f; misidentified per Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37)

Acanthoctenus spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 15 (f; misidentified per Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37)

Acanthoctenus spiniger Lehtinen, 1967: 208, f. 414, 420 (mf; misidentified per Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37; N.B.: m, f. 420, shows another species)

Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37, f. 35A-B, 36A-D, 37A-B (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus chickeringi Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052795

Acanthoctenus chickeringi Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 39, f. 5A-F, 6A-E, 7A-F, 8A-D, 9A-B, 38A-E, 39A-D, 40A-D, 41A-B (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052792

Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906b: 289 (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus dumicola Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 21, f. 19A-B, 20A-F, 21A-B (f, removed from S of Acanthoctenus spiniger, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 208)

Acanthoctenus gaujoni Simon, 1906 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020395

Acanthoctenus spinipes Simon, 1893b: 430 (m, misidentified)

Acanthoctenus gaujoni Simon, 1906b: 290, f. 2B (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus gaujoni Bosselaers, 2002: 152, f. 3B, 5A-B (mf)

Acanthoctenus gaujoni Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 23, f. 22A-E, 23A-D, 24A-D, 25A-B (mf)

Acanthoctenus kollari (Reimoser, 1939) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020396

Phymatoctenus kollari Reimoser, 1939: 369, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Paracantheis kollari Kraus, 1955b: 51 (Tf from Phymatoctenus)

Acanthoctenus kolleri Lehtinen, 1967: 208, 259 (lapsus, T from Paracantheis/Phymatoctenus, possibly S of another species of Acanthoctenus)

Acanthoctenus kollari Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 30, f. 29A-B, 30A-B, D-E (f)

Acanthoctenus lamarrei Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052796

Acanthoctenus lamarrei Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 44, f. 42A-E, 43A-B (Dm) Original description

Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 | j | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020397

Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 95 (Djj) Original description

Acanthoctenus maculatus Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 53 (species inquirenda in Acanthocteninae)

Acanthoctenus manauara Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052797

Acanthoctenus manauara Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 46, f. 1A-C, 2A-B, 3A-C, 44A-E, 45A-D, 46A-D, 47A-B (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus obauratus Simon, 1906 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020399

Acanthoctenus obauratus Simon, 1906b: 289, f. 2C (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus obauratus Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 53 (incertae sedis in Acanthocteninae)

Acanthoctenus plebejus Simon, 1906 | | Trinidad and Tobago urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020400

Acanthoctenus plebejus Simon, 1906b: 291, f. 2A (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus plebejus Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 28, f. 26A-B, 27A-D, 28A-B (f)

Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1961 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020401

Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1961b: 81, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus remotus Polotow & Brescovit, 2012b: 40, f. 1A-D (mf)

Acanthoctenus remotus Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 36, f. 34A-D (mf)

Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020402

Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 268, pl. 37, f. 23 (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 53 (incertae sedis in Acanthocteninae)

Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020403

Acanthoctenus spinigerus Keyserling, 1877a: 693, pl. 8, f. 60 (Dm; N.B.: the correct form of the Latin adjective is spiniger) Original description

Acanthoctenus spiniger Simon, 1892a: 229

Acanthoctenus spinigerus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 102, pl. 4, f. 3b (m)

Acanthoctenus spinigerus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 12 (m; f see Acanthoctenus alux)

Acanthoctenus spinigerus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 192, f. 12 (mf)

Acanthoctenus spiniger Lehtinen, 1967: 208 (S of Acanthoctenus dumicola, rejected by Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 21; f. 414, 420 mf see Acanthoctenus alux)

Acanthoctenus spinigerus Forster & Wilton, 1973: 293, f. 1042 (m)

Acanthoctenus spiniger Silva-Dávila, 2003: 49, f. 19d (m)

Acanthoctenus spiniger Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 12, f. 11A-D, 12A-D, 13A-C, 14A-B (m, Df)

Acanthoctenus spinipes Keyserling, 1877 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020404

Acanthoctenus spinipes Keyserling, 1877a: 695, pl. 8, f. 61 (Df) Original description

Acanthoctenus spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 103, pl. 4, f. 3d (Dm)

Acanthoctenus spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 14 (m; f see Acanthoctenus alux)

Acanthoctenus spinipes Lehtinen, 1967: 208 (S of Paracantheis virginea, rejected by Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 31)

Acanthoctenus spinipes Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 17, f. 15A-E, 16A-D, 17A-C, 18A-B (mf)

Acanthoctenus torotoro Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052798

Acanthoctenus torotoro Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 50, f. 4A-B, 48A-E, 49A-B (Dm) Original description

Acanthoctenus virgineus (Kraus, 1955) | | El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052793

Paracantheis virginea Kraus, 1955b: 51, f. 134-137 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoctenus spinipes Lehtinen, 1967: 208 (S of Paracantheis virginea, rejected by Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 31)

Acanthoctenus virginea Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 31, f. 31A-D, 32A-D, 33A-D (mf, removed from S of Acanthoctenus spinipes, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 208)