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Arctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Arctenus
Polotow & Jocqué, 2014
Species:
A. taitensis
Binomial name
Arctenus taitensis
Polotow & Jocqué, 2014[1]

Arctenus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. It was first described by Polotow & Jocqué in 2014.[2] As of 2023, it contains only one species, Arctenus taitensis, from Kenya.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Arctenus Polotow & Jocqué, 2014". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ Polotow, D.; Jocqué, R. (2014). "The new spider genus Arctenus, an afrotropical representative of the Calocteninae (Araneae: Ctenidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 42 (3): 240–247. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-42.3.240.