World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Acanthoctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 378; Lehtinen's inclusion of the Thalassiinae (Pisauridae) was rejected by Brignoli, 1983c: 585; considered polyphyletic by Griswold, 1993: 37); limits thoroughly discussed by Silva-Dávila, 2003; Cupiennius Simon, 1891 transferred to the Trechaleidae by Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233, Mahafalytenus Silva-Dávila, 2007 transferred to the Viridasiidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 12 and Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7 list these subfamilies: Acantheinae Simon, 1897a: 115 (sub Acantheae), Acanthocteninae Simon, 1892, Calocteninae Simon, 1897a: 119 (sub Calocteneae), Cteninae and Enoplocteninae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025.

Acantheis Thorell, 1891 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01775

In synonymy:

Acantheis tridens Pocock, 1897 = Acantheis laetus (Thorell, 1890) (Lehtinen, 1967: 208)

Acantheis andreimishenini Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2023 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059256

Acantheis andreimishenini Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2023: 123, f. 3-6, 10-11, 17-21, 26-29, 31-35 (Dmf) Original description

Acantheis boetonensis (Strand, 1913) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020448

Caloctenus boetonensis Strand, 1913d: 120 (Df) Original description

Caloctenus boetonensis Strand, 1915d: 251, pl. 18, f. 91 (f)

Acantheis boetonensis Silva-Dávila, 2004: 5 (T from Caloctenus)

Acantheis celer (Simon, 1897) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020449

Caloctenus celer Simon, 1897b: 496 (Df) Original description

Caloctenus celer Simon, 1905c: 67 (Dm)

Acantheis celer Silva-Dávila, 2004: 13 (T from Caloctenus)

Acantheis dimidiatus (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020390

Acanthoctenus dimidiatus Thorell, 1890c: 134 (Dm) Original description

Acantheis dimidiatus Simon, 1897a: 117

Acantheis dimidiatus Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2023: 128, f. 36-43 (m)

Acantheis indicus Gravely, 1931 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020391

Acantheis indicus Gravely, 1931: 326, f. 3D-E (Df) Original description

Acantheis kazantsevae Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2024 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062853

Acantheis kazantsevae Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2024b: 493, f. 1-30 (Dmf) Original description

Acantheis laetus (Thorell, 1890) | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020392

Acanthoctenus laetus Thorell, 1890c: 134 (Dm) Original description

Acantheis laetus Simon, 1897a: 117, f. 109-111 (m)

Acantheis tridens Pocock, 1897c: 611 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059257]

Acantheis laetus Lehtinen, 1967: 208, f. 410-412 (m, S of Acantheis tridens)

Acantheis longiventris Simon, 1897 | | Malaysia, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020393

Acantheis longiventris Simon, 1897b: 495 (Dj) Original description

Acantheis longiventris Reimoser, 1929a: 130 (Df)

Acantheis nipponicus Ono, 2008 | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042642

Acantheis nipponicus Ono, 2008: 168, f. 34-39 (Dm) Original description

Acantheis nipponicus Yoshida, 2009b: 467, f. 11-12 (m)

Acantheis oreus (Simon, 1901) | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020454

Caloctenus oreus Simon, 1901k: 67 (Df) Original description

Acantheis oreus Silva-Dávila, 2004: 5 (T from Caloctenus)

Acantheis sergeimishenini Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2023 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059255

Acantheis sergeimishenini Fomichev, Omelko & Marusik, 2023: 119, f. 1-2, 7-9, 12-16, 22-25, 30 (Dm) Original description

Acantheis variatus (Thorell, 1890) | j | Indonesia (Nias Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020394 TYPE SPECIES

Acanthoctenus variatus Thorell, 1890b: 34 (Dj) Original description

Acantheis variatus Simon, 1897a: 118