type Ctenus kingsleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; gender masculine

In synonymy:
Macroctenus dirus (Thorell, 1899) = Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (Hyatt, 1954: 884, sub Ctenus).
Macroctenus nigrifemur (Strand, 1908) = Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) (Benoit, 1978a: 219, sub Ctenus).

Macroctenus herbicola Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. 11A-D, 12A-C, 13A-B, 14A-D (Dmf).

Ctenus kingsleyi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 20, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df).
Ctenus dirus Thorell, 1899: 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062493].
Ctenus nigrifemur Strand, 1908d: 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062494].
Ctenus dirus Strand, 1908e: 273 (Dm).
Ctenus dirus Arts, 1912: 190, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf).
Ctenus kingsleyi Hyatt, 1954: 884 (S of Ctenus dirus).
Ctenus kingsleyi Benoit, 1978a: 219, f. 1A-D (mf, S of Ctenus nigrifemur and C. occitentalis [revalidated by Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 155]).
Ctenus kingsleyi Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 150, f. 43-47, 74, 85 (mf).
Macroctenus kingsleyi Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. S6A-H (mf, T from Ctenus).

Macroctenus nimba Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 107, f. 16A-F, 17A-D, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-I (Dmf).

Ctenus occidentalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 22, pl. 3, f. 8 (Df).
Ctenus occidentalis Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 155, f. 53-55, 73 (f, removed from S of Ctenus kingsleyi, rejecting Benoit, 1978a: 219).
Macroctenus occidentalis Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 103, f. S7A-I (f, T from Ctenus).

Macroctenus vandenspiegeli Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 115, f. 21A-C, 22A-E, 23A-E (Dmf).