''Leptoctenus'' is a

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of wandering spiders first described by

L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

in 1878.

Species

it contains six species: *'' Leptoctenus agalenoides'' L. Koch, 1878 ( type) – Australia *'' Leptoctenus byrrhus''

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, 1888 – USA, Mexico *''

Leptoctenus daoxianensis ''Leptoctenus'' is a genus of Ctenidae, wandering spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, L. Koch in 1878. Species it contains six species: *''Leptoctenus agalenoides'' L. Koch, 1878 (Type species, type) – Australia *''Leptocte ...

'' Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000 – China *'' Leptoctenus gertschi'' Peck, 1981 – Mexico *'' Leptoctenus paradoxus'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Panama *'' Leptoctenus sonoraensis'' Peck, 1981 – Mexico

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