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)

type Ancylometes vulpes Bertkau, 1880; gender masculine; syn. of Ancylometes concolor (Perty, 1833)

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; 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 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, 1898a: 299, f. 304-305 (m).
Ancylometes amazonicus Simon, 1898f: 17 (Dm).
Ancylometes amazonicus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 345, f. 41-43 (m, Df).

Corinoctenus birabeni Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 9, f. 3 (Df).
Corinoctenus birabeni Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 168 (species inquirenda).
Ancylometes birabeni Brignoli, 1983c: 462.

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

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

Lycoctenus hewitsoni F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897b: 100, pl. 4, f. 1b (Dm).
Ancylometes hewitsoni Simon, 1898a: 299.
Ancylometes hewitsoni Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 347, f. 18-22, 44-46 (m, Df).

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

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

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

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

Ctenus rufus Walckenaer, 1837: 367 (Df).
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: 353, pl. 1.2, f. 24-27, 56-58 (Dmf).