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Ctenidae
Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are highly defensive and venomous nocturnal hunters. Wandering spiders are known to hunt large prey, for example hylid species '' Dendropsophus branneri.'' Despite their notoriety for being dangerous, only a few members of ''Phoneutria'' have venom known to be hazardous to humans, but the venoms of this family are poorly known, so all larger ctenids should be treated with caution. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Acantheis'' Thorell, 1891 — Asia *'' Acanthoctenus'' Keyserling, 1877 — South America, Central America, Jamaica, Mexico *'' Africactenus'' Hyatt, 1954 — Africa, India *'' Afroneutria'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2015 — Africa *'' Amauropelma'' Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001 — Asia, Australia *'' Amicac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoneutria
''Phoneutria'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. Phoneutria venom is potentially medically significant to humans. They are mainly found in northern South America, with one species in Central America. Members of the genus are commonly referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders. Other English names include armed spiders (''armadeiras'' in Brazilian Portuguese) and banana spiders (a name shared with several others). Description The spiders in the genus can grow to have a leg span of . Their body length ranges from . While some other araneomorph spiders have a longer leg span, the largest ''Phoneutria'' species have the longest body and the greatest body weight in this group. The genus is distinguished from other related genera such as '' Ctenus'' by the presence of dense prolateral scopulae (a dense brush of fine hairs) on the pedipalp tibiae and tarsi in both sexes. ''Phoneutria'' are easily confused with several other non-medically significant ctenids, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Califorctenus
''Califorctenus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. It was first described in 2017 by Jiménez, Berrian, Polotow, and Palacios-Cardiel. , it contains only one species, ''Califorctenus cacachilensis'', also known as the Sierra Cacachilas wandering spider. ''Califorctenus cacachilensis'' ''Califorctenus cacachilensis'' is named for the Sierra de las Cacachilas mountain range in Baja California Sur, where it was first found in an abandoned mine by Michael Wall and Jim Berrian, researchers from the San Diego Natural History Museum, during an expedition on November 4, 2013. Subsequent collaboration with María Jimenez, an entomologist from Mexico who identified it as a member of the ''Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig ...'' or wandering spider family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ctenidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Ctenidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Acantheis'' '' Acantheis'' Thorell, 1891 * '' A. boetonensis'' (Strand, 1913) — Indonesia (Sulawesi) * '' A. celer'' (Simon, 1897) — Indonesia (Java) * '' A. dimidiatus'' (Thorell, 1890) — Indonesia (Sumatra) * '' A. indicus'' Gravely, 1931 — India * '' A. laetus'' (Thorell, 1890) — Borneo * '' A. longiventris'' Simon, 1897 — Malaysia, Indonesia * '' A. nipponicus'' Ono, 2008 — Japan * '' A. oreus'' (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia * '' A. variatus'' (Thorell, 1890) ( type) — Indonesia (Nias Is.) ''Acanthoctenus'' '' Acanthoctenus'' Keyserling, 1877 * '' A. alux'' Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 — Guatemala * '' A. chickeringi'' Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 — Panama * '' A. dumicola'' Simon, 1906 — Venezuela * '' A. gaujoni'' Simon, 1906 — Ecuador * '' A. kollari'' (Reimoser, 1939) — Costa Rica * '' A. lamarrei'' Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diallomus
''Diallomus'' is a genus of Asian wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only two species, both found in Sri Lanka. Originally placed with the Zoridae (now included in Miturgidae Miturgidae is a family (biology), family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170 species in 29 genus, genera worldwide. First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous f ...), it was moved to Ctenidae in 2003. References Araneomorphae genera Arthropods of Sri Lanka Ctenidae Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Ctenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengalla
''Bengalla'' is a monotypic genus of Australian wandering spiders containing the single species, ''Bengalla bertmaini''. It was first described by Michael R. Gray & J. A. Thompson in 2001, and has only been found in Australia. It was originally assigned to the superfamily "Lycosoidea", but not to any actual family. In 2003, it was tentatively moved to the Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig ... because of its apparent relationship to '' Janusia'', another Australian monotypic genus of wandering spiders. References Ctenidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia {{Ctenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africactenus
''Africactenus'' is a genus of mostly African wandering spiders first described by K. H. Hyatt in 1954. Species it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India: *'' Africactenus acteninus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo *'' Africactenus agilior'' (Pocock, 1900) ( type) – West, Central Africa *'' Africactenus decorosus'' (Arts, 1912) – Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo *'' Africactenus depressus'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon *'' Africactenus evadens'' Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 – Ivory Coast, Guinea *'' Africactenus fernandensis'' (Simon, 1910) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) *'' Africactenus ghesquierei'' (Lessert, 1946) – Congo *'' Africactenus giganteus'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo *'' Africactenus guineensis'' (Simon, 1897) – Sierra Leone *'' Africactenus kribiensis'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon *'' Africactenus leleupi'' Benoit, 1975 – Congo *'' Africactenus longurio'' (Simon, 1910) – West Africa *'' Africactenus monitor'' Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 – Ivory Coast *'' Africactenus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chococtenus
''Chococtenus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig .... It was first described in 2015 by Dupérré. , it contains 15 species, all from South America. Species ''Chococtenus'' comprises the following species: *'' Chococtenus acanthoctenoides'' (Schmidt, 1956) *'' Chococtenus cappuccino'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus cuchilla'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus duendecito'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus fantasma'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus kashakara'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus lasdamas'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus luchoi'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus miserabilis'' (Strand, 1916) *'' Chococtenus neblina'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus otonga'' Dupérré, 2015 *'' Chococtenus otongachi'' Dupérré, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulboctenus
''Bulboctenus'' is a genus of South American wandering spiders. It was first described by M. P. Pereira, F. M. Labarque and D. Polotow in 2020, and it has only been found in Brazil. it contains only three species: '' B. itunaitata'', '' B. kayapo'', and '' B. munduruku''. See also * List of Ctenidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Ctenidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Acantheis'' '' Acantheis'' Thorell, 1891 * '' A. boetonensis'' (Strand, 1913) — Indonesia (Sulawesi) * '' A. celer'' (Simon, 1897) ... References Ctenidae genera Spiders of Brazil {{Ctenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylometes
''Ancylometes'' is a genus of Central and South American semiaquatic wandering spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was moved to the Ctenidae in 1967. The genus name is derived in part from Ancient Greek "" ('' ancylo-''), meaning "crooked, bent". These spiders live near ponds, lakes, rivers and other freshwater habitats, and can walk on water like water striders due to fine air-trapping hairs on the tips of their legs. They can also dive under the surface, and can stay underwater for over an hour by using the air trapped in hairs surrounding their book lungs. They will consume anything from insects to small lizards and, occasionally, small fish. Description Members of ''Ancylometes'' are among the largest araneomorph spiders, with a typical body length of . They are sometimes referred to as "giant fishing spiders" to distinguish them from ''Dolomedes'', a genus of smaller spiders also called "fishing spiders". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anahita (spider)
''Anahita'' is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. Species it contains twenty-nine species, many from Africa and Asia: *'' Anahita aculeata'' (Simon, 1897) – West, Central Africa *'' Anahita blandini'' Benoit, 1977 – Ivory Coast *'' Anahita centralis'' Benoit, 1977 – Central Africa *'' Anahita concrassata'' Benoit, 1977 – Burundi *'' Anahita concreata'' Benoit, 1977 – Congo *'' Anahita concussor'' Benoit, 1977 – Congo *'' Anahita denticulata'' (Simon, 1884) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Simeulue) *'' Anahita faradjensis'' Lessert, 1929 – Congo *'' Anahita fauna'' Karsch, 1879 ( type) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan *'' Anahita feae'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Myanmar *'' Anahita jianfengensis'' Zhang, Hu & Han, 2011 – China *'' Anahita jinsi'' Jäger, 2012 – China *'' Anahita jucunda'' ( Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *'' Anahita lineata'' Simon, 1897 – Ivory Coast, Congo *'' Anahita lycosina'' (Simon, 1897) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amauropelma
''Amauropelma'' is a genus of Australian and Asian wandering spiders first described by Robert Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described many species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider bit ..., Kylie S. Stumkat & Michael R. Gray in 2001. Species it contains twenty-four species: *'' Amauropelma annegretae'' Jäger, 2012 – Laos *'' Amauropelma anzses'' Raven & Stumkat, 2001 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Amauropelma beyersdorfi'' Jäger, 2012 – India *'' Amauropelma bluewater'' Raven & Stumkat, 2001 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Amauropelma claudie'' Raven & Stumkat, 2001 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Amauropelma ekeftys'' Jäger, 2012 – India *'' Amauropelma fungifer'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Malaysia *'' Amauropelma gayundah'' Raven & Stumkat, 2001 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Amauropelma gordon'' Raven & Stumka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afroneutria
''Afroneutria'' is a genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are hig .... It was first described in 2015 by Polotow & Jocqué. , it contains 6 species, all African. Species ''Afroneutria'' comprises the following species: *'' Afroneutria erythrochelis'' (Simon, 1876) *'' Afroneutria hybrida'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2015 *'' Afroneutria immortalis'' (Arts, 1912) *'' Afroneutria quadrimaculata'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2015 *'' Afroneutria tanga'' Polotow & Jocqué, 2016 *'' Afroneutria velox'' (Blackwall, 1865) References Ctenidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa {{ctenidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
