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Ancylometidae Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165)

Lycoctenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 = Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 (Simon, 1898a: 300)

Gen. Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01694

N.B.: transferred from the Pisauridae to the Ctenidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 214, transfer rejected by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 155, reinstated by Silva-Dávila, 2003: 32; transferred to the Ancylometidae by Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 7; considered a senior synonym of Lycoctenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 95 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05078] (type L. brunneus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 = Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)) by Simon, 1898a: 300; considered a senior synonym of Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 139 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04613] (type C. anomalostomus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833)) by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165.

Transferred to other genera:

Ancylometes ahrensi (Schmidt, 1961) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes birabeni (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961) -- see Viracucha

Ancylometes granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) -- see Cupiennius

Ancylometes valentinei Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Cupiennius

In synonymy:

Ancylometes acostae Schenkel, 1953 = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes anomalostomus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes argentinus (Holmberg, 1881) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes bahiensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes bolivianus Tullgren, 1905 = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes brunneus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes caracasensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes colombianus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 308, sub Lycoctenus)

Ancylometes demerarensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes diplocellatus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes fuscus (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes giganteus (Taczanowski, 1874, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes gigas (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes greenwayi (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes infelix (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes iophorus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes juruensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes metatarsalis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes nasutus (Kraus, 1955, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes niveobarbatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes originalis (Mello-Leitão, 1936) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333)

Ancylometes orinocensis Simon, 1898 = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes palustris (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes paraensis (Strand, 1916) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes paraguayensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes paulensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes pindareensis Mello-Leitão, 1921 = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes saraensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes selenkae (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes striolatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes tenkatei (van Hasselt, 1888, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337)

Ancylometes titanus (Caporiacco, 1947) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes unicolor (Walckenaer, 1837) = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (C. L. Koch, 1847: 59, sub Ctenus)

Ancylometes venezuelensis (Strand, 1909) = Ancylometes bogotensis Keyserling, 1877 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342)

Ancylometes vulpes Bertkau, 1880 = Ancylometes concolor Perty, 1833 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332)

Ancylometes xerophilus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = Ancylometes rufus Walckenaer, 1837 (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ancylometes amazonicus Simon, 1898 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019504

Ancylometes amazonicus Simon, 1898a: 299, f. 304-305 (m)

Ancylometes amazonicus Simon, 1898f: 17 (Dm) Original description

Ancylometes amazonicus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 345, f. 41-43 (m, Df)

Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) | | Honduras to Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019507

Ctenus bogotensis Keyserling, 1877a: 684, pl. 8, f. 54 (Df) Original description

Lycoctenus bogotensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 98, pl. 4, f. 2b, d (f)

Lycoctenus colombianus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 99, pl. 4, f. 1c, 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062397]

Ancylometes palustris Simon, 1898a: 299 (nomen nudum)

Ancylometes orinocensis Simon, 1898f: 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019512]

Lycoctenus palustris F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899c: 899, pl. 54, f. 11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019513]

Lycoctenus bogotensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 308, pl. 30, f. 3-4 (mf, S of Lycoctenus colombianus)

Ancylometes bogotensis Strand, 1907g: 430

Lycoctenus venezuelensis Strand, 1909b: 334 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019520]

Lycoctenus caracasensis Strand, 1909i: 427 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019508]

Ancylometes acostae Schenkel, 1953a: 32, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019503]

Ctenus nasutus Kraus, 1955b: 50, f. 133 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020603]

Ancylometes bogotensis Lucas, 1964: 132, f. 1-8 (mf, S of Ctenus originalis, Cupiennius argentinus and C. diplocellatus; all rejected by Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, see Ancylometes concolor)

Ancylometes bogotensis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163, f. 1-21 (mf, S of Ancylometes bolivianus, A. brunneus, A. paraguayensis, Corinoctenus anomalostomus, C. greenwayi and Ctenus metatarsalis; all, with one exception, rejected by Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, see Ancylometes concolor; S of A. brunneus rejected by Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338, see Ancylometes rufus)

Ancylometes bogotensis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32 (S of Phoneutria niveobarbata; rejected by Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, see Ancylometes concolor)

Ancylometes bogotensis Merrett, 1988: 197, f. 1-3 (mf)

Ancylometes bogotensis Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342, f. 12-17, 36-40 (mf, S of Ancylometes acostae, A. orinocensis, Ctenus nasutus, Lycoctenus caracasensis, L. palustris and L. venezuelensis)

Ancylometes bogotensis Hazzi, Wood & Hormiga, 2025: 8, f. 3A-C (mf)

Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833) | | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020529

Dolomedes concolor Perty, 1833: 197, pl. 39, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Ctenus unicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 365 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062398]

Ctenus concolor C. L. Koch, 1847: 59, f. 1458 (f, T from Dolomedes, S of Ctenus unicolor)

Ancylometes vulpes Bertkau, 1880a: 114 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019521]

Ctenus argentinus Holmberg, 1881a: 270, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062387]

Ancylometes bolivianus Tullgren, 1905: 51, pl. 7, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062389]

Lycoctenus bahiensis Strand, 1909b: 330 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062388]

Lycoctenus selenkae Strand, 1909b: 331 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039860]

Lycoctenus paraguayensis Strand, 1909b: 335 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062395]

Cupiennius argentinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 479

Ctenus paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019515]

Ctenus iophorus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 9, pl. 2, f. 10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020595]

Ctenus originalis Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062394]

Cupiennius diplocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062390]

Corinoctenus anomalostomus Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 140, f. a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019505]

Ctenus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1940d: 211 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020575]

Ctenus metatarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 216, f. 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062392]

Phoneutria niveobarbata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 256, f. 41 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062393]

Ctenus niveobarbata Roewer, 1955c: 653

Corinnoctenus anomalostomus Bonnet, 1956: 1218

Corinoctenus greenwayi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960: 38, f. 1-2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062391]

Corinoctenus anomalostomus Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 7, f. 1 (Dm)

Corinoctenus greenwayi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 8, f. 2 (Df)

Phoneutria niveobarbata Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 60 (T from Ctenus)

Ancylometes concolor Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, f. 1-6, 28-30 (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Ancylometes anomalostomus, A. argentinus, A. bahiensis, A. bolivianus, A. diplocellatus, A. greenwayi, A. metatarsalis, A. niveobarbatus, A. originalis, A. paraguayensis, A. selenkae, A. vulpes, Ctenus infelix, C. iophorus and C. paulensis; A. argentinus, A. diplocellatus and A. originalis removed from S of A. bogotensis, rejecting Lucas, 1964: 132; A. anomalostomus, A. bolivianus, A. greenwayi, A. metatarsalis and A. paraguayensis removed from S of A. bogotensis, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163; Ancylometes niveobarbatus removed from S of A. bogotensis, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32)

Ancylometes hewitsoni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) | | Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019511

Lycoctenus hewitsoni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 100, pl. 4, f. 1b (Dm) Original description

Ancylometes hewitsoni Simon, 1898a: 299

Ancylometes hewitsoni Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 347, f. 18-22, 44-46 (m, Df)

Ancylometes japura Höfer & Brescovit, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037067

Ancylometes japura Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 349, f.47-48 (Df) Original description

Ancylometes jau Höfer & Brescovit, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037068

Ancylometes jau Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 349, f. 49-51 (Dmf) Original description

Ancylometes pantanal Höfer & Brescovit, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037069

Ancylometes pantanal Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 350, f. 52-53 (Df) Original description

Ancylometes riparius Höfer & Brescovit, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037070

Ancylometes riparius Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 351, f. 23, 54-55 (Df) Original description

Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) | | Northern South America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020677

Ctenus rufus Walckenaer, 1837: 367 (Df) Original description

Ctenus fuscus Walckenaer, 1837: 368 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055052]

Ctenus giganteus Taczanowski, 1874: 91 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020574]

Leptoctenus tenkatei van Hasselt, 1888: 192 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020732]

Lycoctenus brunneus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 97, pl. 4, f. 1a, c-d, 2a, c (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019509]

Lycoctenus gigas F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 98, pl. 4, f. 1c.1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055050]

Lycoctenus demerarensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 99, pl. 4, f. 1c.3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019510]

Ancylometes gigas Simon, 1898a: 299

Lycoctenus saraensis Strand, 1909b: 332 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019518]

Ancylometes vulpes Petrunkevitch, 1910: 220, pl. 22, f. 35 (f; misidentified per Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338)

Ctenus tenkatei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 478

Lycoctenus paraensis Strand, 1916d: 114 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019514]

Ancylometes pindareensis Mello-Leitão, 1921c: 180 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019516]

Ctenus juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020597]

Ctenus striolatus Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 40 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019517]

Ancylometes pindareannus Mello-Leitão, 1924a: 277 (Df, same holotype as A. pindareensis)

Ctenus xerophilus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 14, pl. 4, f. 30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020786]

Lycoctenus titanus Caporiacco, 1947a: 22 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055051]

Lycoctenus titanus Caporiacco, 1948a: 635, f. 29-31 (mf)

Ancylometes rufus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337, pl. 1.1, f. 7-11, 31-35 (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Ancylometes brunneus [removed from S of A. bogotensis, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163], A. demerarensis, A. gigas, A. paraensis, A. pindareensis, A. saraensis, A. titanus, Ctenus bimaculatus, C. fuscus, C. giganteus, C. juruensis, C. striolatus, C. tenkatei, C. xerophilus; S of Ctenus bimaculatus rejected by Brescovit & Polotow, 2005: 771, see Cupiennius bimaculatus)

Ancylometes terrenus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037071

Ancylometes terrenus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 353, pl. 1.2, f. 24-27, 56-58 (Dmf) Original description