''Asthenoctenus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
n
wandering spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1897.
Species
it contains six species:
*''
Asthenoctenus borellii''
Simon, 1897 (
type) – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
*''
Asthenoctenus bulimus''
(Strand
Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
*Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
*Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* Strand Street, ...
, 1909) – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus hingstoni''
( Mello-Leitão, 1948) – Guyana
*''
Asthenoctenus longistylus''
Brescovit & Simó, 1998 – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus tarsalis''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Brazil
*''
Asthenoctenus tigrinus''
Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Argentina
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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