''Senoculus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their ...

spiders in the family Senoculidae, and was first described by

Władysław Taczanowski Władysław Taczanowski (; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in orni ...

in 1872. It is the only genus in the family Senoculidae.

Species

it contains thirty-one species, found in South America,

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, and on

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: *'' Senoculus albidus'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) –

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*'' Senoculus barroanus''

Chickering Chickering may refer to: * Chickering, Suffolk, a place in Suffolk, England * Chickering & Sons, the piano company that was created by Jonas Chickering * Arthur M. Chickering, an arachnologist * Arthur W. Chickering, a researcher of student devel ...

, 1941 –

*'' Senoculus bucolicus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus cambridgei'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus canaliculatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to Panama *'' Senoculus carminatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus darwini'' (Holmberg, 1883) –

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*'' Senoculus fimbriatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus gracilis'' ( Keyserling, 1879) – Guyana to Argentina *'' Senoculus guianensis''

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, 1947 –

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*'' Senoculus iricolor'' ( Simon, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus maronicus'' Taczanowski, 1872 ( type) –

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*'' Senoculus minutus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus monastoides'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Brazil *'' Senoculus nigropurpureus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 –

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*'' Senoculus penicillatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 –

, Brazil, Paraguay *'' Senoculus planus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus plumosus'' (Simon, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus prolatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) –

*'' Senoculus proximus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus purpureus'' (Simon, 1880) – Panama to Argentina *'' Senoculus robustus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus rubicundus'' Chickering, 1953 – Panama *'' Senoculus rubromaculatus'' Keyserling, 1879 –

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*'' Senoculus ruficapillus'' (Simon, 1880) – Brazil *'' Senoculus scalarum'' Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 – Argentina *'' Senoculus silvaticus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus tigrinus'' Chickering, 1941 – Panama *'' Senoculus uncatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil *'' Senoculus wiedenmeyeri'' Schenkel, 1953 –

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*'' Senoculus zeteki'' Chickering, 1953 – Panama

References

Araneomorphae genera Senoculidae {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References