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Africactenus acteninus ''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'' ...

'' Benoit, 1974 – Congo *''

Africactenus agilior ''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 ''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'' ...

'' (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 ''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'' ...

'' (Simon, 1897) – Sierra Leone *'' Africactenus kribiensis'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon *''

Africactenus leleupi ''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'' ...

'' Benoit, 1975 – Congo *''

Africactenus longurio ''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'' ...

'' (Simon, 1910) – West Africa *''

Africactenus monitor ''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'' ...

'' Steyn & Jocqué, 2003 – Ivory Coast *''

Africactenus pococki ''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'' ...

'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon *''

Africactenus poecilus ''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'' ...

'' ( Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Gabon *''

Africactenus simoni ''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'' ...

'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon *''

Africactenus sladeni ''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'' ...

'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon *''

Africactenus tenuitarsis ''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'' ...

'' ( Strand, 1908) – Cameroon *''

Africactenus tridentatus ''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'' ...

'' Hyatt, 1954 – Zimbabwe *''

Africactenus trilateralis ''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'' ...

'' Hyatt, 1954 – Cameroon, Gabon *''

Africactenus unumus ''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' ...

'' Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India

References

Araneomorphae genera Ctenidae Spiders of Africa {{Ctenidae-stub