Family: Miturgidae Simon, 1886 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0104] Back

Gen. Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02502 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Ctenidae to the Zoridae by Lehtinen, 1967: 216 and to the Miturgidae (by the synonymy of the Zoridae) by Ramírez, 2014: 341; considered a senior synonym of Miturgina Simon, 1889c: 244 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05843] (type M. vittata Simon, 1889) by Simon, 1897a: 130; considered a senior synonym of Aenigmaaranea Strand, 1929: 11 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05846] (previously considered a junior synonym of Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, Pisauridae, by Simon, 1898a: 296) by Davies, 1985: 123; Aenigmaaranea is a superfluous replacement name for Aenigma Karsch, 1878; considered a senior synonym of Aenigma Karsch, 1878c: 825 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05844] (type A. australiana Karsch, 1878) by Simon, 1898a: 296 (sub Nilus); Aenigma is preoccupied in Coleoptera by Newman, 1836 (and several other times) and was replaced by Aetola Karsch, 1880c: 385 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05845], which was overlooked by the most authors; Aetola was considered a synonym by Roewer, 1955c: 117 (sub Nilus); considered a senior synonym of Horioctenoides Main, 1954: 42 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01789] (type H. bidentatus Main, 1954) and Nemoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973: 290 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01796] (type Argoctenus aureus Hogg, 1911) by Raven & Stumkat, 2003: 119; see Forster & Wilton, 1973: 293, f. 1028, 1034-1038 for an undescribed species from New Zealand.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-10-24
Described in
L. Koch, 1878a: 990 (type Argoctenus igneus L. Koch, 1878; gender masculine)
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Species counts
Counts Status
11accepted
Reference

Koch, L. (1878a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 22-23]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 969-1044, pl. 85-91. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf

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Date Type Reference Detail
2014-07-25 Genus transferred to other family Ramírez, 2014 Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 transferred to Miturgidae