Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021

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Described:

Distribution: Guatemala


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Taxonomic References
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 (f; misidentified per Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37; m f. 420 shows another species)
Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021: 37, f. 35A-B, 36A-D, 37A-B (Df) Original description
Acanthoctenus alux Rivera-Quiroz, van Helsdingen & Miller, 2025: 313, f. 1A-E (f)
References

Arizala, S., Labarque, F. M. & Polotow, D. (2021). Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae). Zootaxa 4920(1): 1-55. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.1 [[incl. Erratum: Zootaxa 5032(4): 600]] -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [[second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)]] -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1902a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 313-424. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Rivera-Quiroz, F. A., Helsdingen, P. J. van & Miller, J. A. (2025). A blast from the past: Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021, an exotic spider in The Netherlands, imported many decades ago (Araneae: Ctenidae). Arachnology 20(2): 313-315. doi: 10.13156/arac.2025.20.2.313 -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-02 New taxonomic reference entry Rivera-Quiroz, van Helsdingen & Miller, 2025
2021-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry Lehtinen, 1967
2021-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a
2021-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a
2021-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021
2021-01-27 New species inserted Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021

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