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Ctenus
An unidentified Ctenus from Ecuador eating glassfrog Cochranella mache
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Ctenus
Walckenaer, 1805[1]
Type species
C. dubius
Walckenaer, 1805
Species

222, see text

Synonyms[1]

Ctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.[2] It is widely distributed, from South America through Africa to East Asia.[1]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains 222 species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris: Dentu. OCLC 602364691.