The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.0
by Norman I. Platnick

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FAM. CTENIDAE Keyserling, 1877

Last updated July 1, 2003

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 (2003).

Transferred to other families:
Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 -- see Zoridae.
Ctenomma Thorell, 1890 -- see Simonus under Zoridae.
Diactenus Mello-Leitão, 1938 -- see Odo under Zoridae.
Diallomus Simon, 1897 -- see Zoridae.
Elassoctenus Simon, 1909 -- see Diallomus under Zoridae.
Hestimodema Simon, 1909 -- see Zoridae.
Horioctenus Chamberlin, 1916 -- see Odo under Zoridae.
Neoctenus Simon, 1897 -- see Trechaleidae.
Odo Keyserling, 1887 -- see Zoridae.
Odomasta Simon, 1909 -- see Zoridae.
Thasyraea L. Koch, 1878 -- see Zoridae.
Titiotus Simon, 1897 -- see Tengellidae.
Uliodon L. Koch, 1873 -- see Miturgidae.
Xenoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1938 -- see Zoridae.
Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 -- see Zoridae.
Zoroides Berland, 1924 -- see Zoridae.

In synonymy:
Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165).
Leitanoctenus Soares & Camargo, 1949 (removed from S of Acanthoctenus) = Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932 (Lehtinen, 1967: 244).
Paracantheis Kraus, 1955= Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1876 (Lehtinen, 1967: 256).

Homonym replaced:
Mesoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (removed from S of Acanthoctenus) -- see Nothroctenus.

Nomen nudum:
Icactenus Kishida (Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 585).

Incertae sedis:
"Thalassius" torvus (Pavesi, 1883: 74, mf, Ethiopia, originally in Ctenus, T to Thalassius by Simon, 1898a: 299) -- Sierwald, 1987: 129.

Gen. Acantheis Thorell, 1891

In synonymy:
A. tridens Pocock, 1897 = A. laetus (Thorell, 1890) (Lehtinen, 1967: 208).

m dimidiatus (Thorell, 1890)....................Sumatra
Acanthoctenus d. Thorell, 1890c: 134 (Dm).
A. d. Simon, 1897a: 117.

f indicus Gravely, 1931....................India
A. i. Gravely, 1931: 326, f. 3D-E (Df).

m laetus (Thorell, 1890)....................Borneo
Acanthoctenus l. Thorell, 1890c: 134 (Dm).
A. l. Simon, 1897a: 117, f. 109-111 (m).
A. tridens Pocock, 1897c: 611 (Dm).
A. l. Lehtinen, 1967: 208, f. 410-412 (m, S).

f longiventris Simon, 1897....................Malaysia, Indonesia
A. l. Simon, 1897b: 495 (Dj).
A. l. Reimoser, 1929a: 130 (Df).

j variatus (Thorell, 1890) *....................Nias Is.
Acanthoctenus v. Thorell, 1890a: 34 (Dj).
A. v. Simon, 1897a: 118.

Gen. Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Paracantheis Kraus, 1955b: 51, type P. virginea Kraus, 1955 by Lehtinen, 1967: 256.

Transferred to other genera:
A. andicola Simon, 1906 -- see Viracucha.
A. bahiensis Strand, 1910 -- see Viracucha.
A. exilis Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Viracucha.
A. hingstoni Mello-Leitão, 1948 -- see Asthenoctenus.
A. impar Dahl, 1901 -- see Nothroctenus.
A. lineatus Tullgren, 1905 -- see Nothroctenus.
A. marshi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Nothroctenus.
A. misionesicus Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Viracucha.
A. omega (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus.
A. paraguayensis Strand, 1909 -- see Viracucha.
A. penicillatus Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Centroctenus.
A. ridleyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Viracucha.
A. saraensis Strand, 1910 -- see Nothroctenus.
A. sericeus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus.
A. silvicola Soares & Soares, 1946 -- see Viracucha.
A. spinulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Nothroctenus.

In synonymy:
A. dumicola Simon, 1906 = A. spiniger Keyserling, 1877 (Lehtinen, 1967: 208).
A. virginea (Kraus, 1955) = A. spinipes Keyserling, 1877 (Lehtinen, 1967: 208).

mf gaujoni Simon, 1906....................Venezuela, Ecuador
A. spinipes Simon, 1893b: 430 (m, misidentified).
A. g. Simon, 1906b: 290, f. 2B (Dmf).
A. g. Bosselaers, 2002: 152, f. 3B, 5A-B (mf).

f kollari (Reimoser, 1939)....................Costa Rica
Phymatoctenus k. Reimoser, 1939: 369, f. 9 (Df).
Paracantheis k. Kraus, 1955b: 51 (Tf from Phymatoctenus).

jj maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925....................Panama
A. m. Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 95 (Djj).

f mammifer Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
A. mammiferus Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 528, f. 11-13 (Df).

f obauratus Simon, 1906....................Brazil
A. o. Simon, 1906b: 289, f. 2C (Df).

f plebejus Simon, 1906....................Venezuela, Peru
A. p. Simon, 1906b: 291, f. 2A (Df).

mf remotus Chickering, 1960....................Jamaica
A. r. Chickering, 1960e: 81, f. 1-6 (Dmf).

f rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947....................Brazil
A. r. Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 268, pl. 37, f. 23 (Df).

mf spiniger Keyserling, 1877 *....................Mexico to Venezuela
A. spinigerus Keyserling, 1877a: 693, pl. 8, f. 60 (Dm).
A. s. Simon, 1892a: 229.
A. spinigerus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 102, pl. 4, f. 3b (m).
A. spinigerus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 12-13 (m, Df).
A. dumicola Simon, 1906b: 289 (Df).
A. spinnigerus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 192, f. 12 (mf).
A. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 208, f. 414, 420 (mf, S).
A. spinigerus Forster & Wilton, 1973: 293, f. 1042 (m).
A. s. Silva, 2003: 49, f. 19d (m).

mf spinipes Keyserling, 1877....................Guatemala to Paraguay
A. s. Keyserling, 1877a: 695, pl. 8, f. 61 (Df).
A. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 103, pl. 4, f. 3d (Dm).
A. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902a: 356, pl. 33, f. 14-15 (mf).
Paracantheis virginea Kraus, 1955b: 51, f. 134-137 (Dm).
A. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 208 (S).

Gen. Africactenus Hyatt, 1954

A. Hyatt, 1954: 888, type Ctenus agilior Pocock, 1899.

In synonymy:
A. caporiaccoi (Lessert, 1946, T from Caloctenus) = A. ghesquierei (Lessert, 1946) (Benoit, 1974a: 136).
A. desartsi Hyatt, 1954 = A. decorosus (Arts, 1912) (Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 134).
A. sandersoni Hyatt, 1954 = A. poecilus (Thorell, 1899) (Benoit, 1974a: 140).

f acteninus Benoit, 1974....................Congo
A. a. Benoit, 1974a: 139, f. 5, 10.2c (Df).

mf agilior (Pocock, 1899) *....................West, Central Africa
Ctenus a. Pocock, 1899e: 873, pl. 55, f. 7 (Dm).
A. a. Hyatt, 1954: 888, f. 28 (Tm from Ctenus, Df).
A. a. Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1b (f).

mf decorosus (Arts, 1912)....................Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo
Ctenus d. Arts, 1912: 210, pl. 3, f. 42 (Dm).
A. desartsi Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 29 (Df).
A. desartsi Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1c (f).
Ctenus d. Benoit, 1981: 32, f. 2 (m).
A. d. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 134, f. 6-10, 78, 81 (Tm from Ctenus, Sf).

mf depressus Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon
A. d. Hyatt, 1954: 888, f. 7-8, 31 (Dmf).
A. d. Benoit, 1974a: 140, f. 7, 10.1f (mf).

mf evadens Steyn & Jocqué, 2002....................Ivory Coast
A. e. Steyn & Jocqué, in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 137, f. 11-15, 76, 82 (Dmf).

mf ghesquierei (Lessert, 1946)....................Congo
Caloctenus g. Lessert, 1946: 204, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Caloctenus caporiaccoi Lessert, 1946: 205, f. 3-4 (Df).
A. g. Benoit, 1974a: 136, f. 3, 10.1g (Tm from Caloctenus, Sf).

f giganteus Benoit, 1974....................Congo
A. g. Benoit, 1974a: 134, f. 1-210.1a (Df).

f guineensis (Simon, 1897)....................Sierra Leone
Caloctenus g. Simon, 1897b: 496 (Df).
A. g. Benoit, 1974a: 137, f. 4, 10.1e (Tf from Caloctenus).

f kribiensis Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon, Gabon
A. k. Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 33 (Df).
A. k. Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2d (f).

mf leleupi Benoit, 1975....................Congo
A. l. Benoit, 1975a: 931, f. 11-14 (Dmf).

mf longurio (Simon, 1910)....................West Africa
Ctenus l. Simon, 1910c: 354, f. 9 (Dmf).
Ctenus l. Arts, 1912: 192, pl. 1, f. 4 (mf).
A. l. Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 13-14, 32 (Tmf from Ctenus).
A. l. Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2b (f).

mf monitor Steyn & Jocqué, 2002....................Ivory Coast
A. m. Steyn & Jocqué, in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 139, f. 16-20, 77, 90 (Dmf).

m pococki Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon, Gabon
A. p. Hyatt, 1954: 889, f. 15-16 (Dm).
A. p. Benoit, 1974a: 138, f. 8 (m).

f poecilus (Thorell, 1899)....................Cameroon, Gabon
Ctenus p. Thorell, 1899: 75 (Df).
Caloctenus p. Roewer, 1955c: 668.
A. sandersoni Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 27 (Df).
A. p. Benoit, 1974a: 139, f. 10.2a (Tf from Caloctenus, S).

f simoni Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon
A. s. Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 26 (Df).
A. s. Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.1d (f).

f sladeni Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon
A. s. Hyatt, 1954: 890, f. 30 (Df).
A. s. Benoit, 1974a: 141, f. 10.2e (f).

mf tenuitarsis (Strand, 1908)....................Cameroon
Caloctenus gracilitarsis Strand, 1907i: 180 (Dmf; preoccupied).
Caloctenus t. Strand, 1908e: 277 (replacement name).
A. t. Benoit, 1974a: 140, f. 6, 10.2f (Tmf from Caloctenus).

m tridentatus Hyatt, 1954....................Zimbabwe
A. t. Hyatt, 1954: 891, f. 3-4 (Dm).

m trilateralis Hyatt, 1954....................Cameroon, Gabon
A. t. Hyatt, 1954: 891, f. 5-6 (Dm).
A. t. Benoit, 1974a: 142, f. 9 (m).

Gen. Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001

A. Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 188, type A. trueloves Raven & Stumkat, 2001.

m anzses Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. a. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 197, f. 3a, 8a-d, 9a-e, 10a-c (Dm).

mf bluewater Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. b. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 197, f. 11a-d, 12a-d (Dmf).

f claudie Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. c. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 200, f. 14f-g (Df).

m gayundah Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. g. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 202, f. 13a-c, 27f (Dm).

mf gordon Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. g. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 202, f. 14a-e, 15a-d, 16a-b (Dmf).

mf hasenpuschi Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. h. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 205, f. 3f-g, 17a-g, 18a-e, 33d (Dmf).

f leo Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. l. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 208, f. 19a-c (Df).

m mcilwraith Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. m. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 209, f. 3e, 20a-b, 27c (Dm).

mf monteithi Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. m. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 210, f. 21a-j, 22a-d, 23a-c (Dmf).

mf mossman Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. m. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 213, f. 2, 24a-d, 25a-d, 26a-c (Dmf).

mf pineck Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. p. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 216, f. 27a-b, d, 28d (Dmf).

mf rifleck Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. r. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 218, f. 3c-d, 27g, 28a-c, 29a-e (Dmf).

mf torbjorni Raven & Gray, 2001....................Queensland
A. t. Raven & Gray, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 220, f. 27e, 30a-f, 31a-c (Dmf).

mf trueloves Raven & Stumkat, 2001 *....................Queensland
A. t. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 193, f. 1, 3b, 5a-i, 6a-f, 7a-b (Dmf).

mf undara Raven & Gray, 2001....................Queensland
A. u. Raven & Gray, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 222, f. 32a-f, 33a-c, e-g (Dmf).

mf wallaman Raven & Stumkat, 2001....................Queensland
A. w. Raven & Stumkat, in Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 224, f. 28e, 34a-d (Dmf).

Gen. Anahita Karsch, 1879

Transferred to other genera:
A. embriki Caporiacco, 1949 -- see Ctenus.
A. isaloensis Ono, 1993 -- see Vulsor.
A. kiwuensis Strand, 1915 -- see Ctenus.
A. nigritarsis Pavesi, 1897 -- see Ctenus.
A. strandi Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Ctenus.

In synonymy:
A. cambridgei Lessert, 1915 = A. mamma Karsch, 1884 (Benoit, 1977m: 373).
A. icterica Simon, 1910 = A. aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
A. lurida Simon, 1897 = A. aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
A. strandi Lessert, 1929 = A. aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).

Nomina dubia:
A. animosa (Walckenaer, 1831: 331, f, USA, originally in Lycosa) -- Peck, 1981: 157.
A. caporiaccoi Roewer, 1951: 447 (replacement name for A. multidentata Caporiacco, 1941b: 104, j, not mf, Ethiopia) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.
A. debilis (Pavesi, 1895: 523, m, East Africa, originally in Phoneutria) -- Benoit, 1977m: 379 (but see Strand, 1908l: 43, pl. 2, f. 2-8, m, not f, and Strand, 1908i: 46, sub provisional name Ctenus debilatus).
A. insularis Strand, 1907d: 738 (j, Madagascar) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.
A. multidentata Schenkel, 1936b: 171 (j, China) -- Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 465.
A. unifasciata Simon, 1904c: 445 (m, Congo) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.

mf aculeata (Simon, 1897)....................West, Central Africa
Ctenus aculeatus Simon, 1897b: 494 (Df).
A. lurida Simon, 1897b: 497 (Df).
A. icterica Simon, 1910c: 363 (Dm).
A. strandi Lessert, 1929: 146, f. 25 (Dmf).
Ctenus aculeatus Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 18 (f).
A. a. Benoit, 1977m: 371, f. 1A-D (Tf from Ctenus, Sm).
A. a. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 141, f. 21-25, 79 (mf).

mf blandini Benoit, 1977....................Ivory Coast
A. b. Benoit, 1977o: 717, f. 2C-D (Dmf).

mf centralis Benoit, 1977....................Central Africa
A. c. Benoit, 1977o: 713, f. 1A-B (Dmf).

f concrassata Benoit, 1977....................Burundi
A. c. Benoit, 1977o: 714, f. 1C-D (Df).

f concreata Benoit, 1977....................Congo
A. c. Benoit, 1977o: 716, f. 1E-F (Df).

m concussor Benoit, 1977....................Congo
A. c. Benoit, 1977o: 717, f. 2A-B (Dm).

f faradjensis Lessert, 1929....................Congo
A. f. Lessert, 1929: 149, f. 26 (Df).
A. f. Benoit, 1977m: 373, f. 1E (f).

mf fauna Karsch, 1879 *....................Russia, China, Korea, Japan
A. f. Karsch, 1879g: 99, pl. 1, f. 18 (Df).
A. f. Simon, 1897a: 123, f. 114-115.
A. f. Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 290, pl. 7, f. 86, pl. 3, f. 313 (f, Dm).
A. f. Paik & Namkung, 1979: 87, f. 77.1-2 (mf).
A. f. Song, 1987: 333, f. 287 (mf).
A. f. Chikuni, 1989b: 132, f. 1 (mf).
A. f. Feng, 1990: 174, f. 149.1-6 (mf).
A. f. Chen & Zhang, 1991: 261, f. 274.1-3 (mf).
A. f. Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 465, f. 267J, N (mf).
A. f. Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 365, f. 239A-C (mf).
A. f. Namkung, 2002: 408, f. 31.1a-b (mf).
A. f. Kim & Cho, 2002: 188, f. 385-390 (mf).

mf lineata Simon, 1896....................Ivory Coast, Congo
A. l. Simon, 1897b: 497 (Dm).
A. l. Simon, 1897a: 121, f. 116-117 (m).
A. l. Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3D (m).
A. l. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 143, f. 26-30, 80 (m, Df).

mf lycosina (Simon, 1897)....................West Africa
Ctenus lycosinus Simon, 1897b: 493 (Df).
Ctenus lycosinus Simon, 1910c: 360.
Ctenus lycosinus Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 17 (f).
Leptoctenus lycosinus Lehtinen, 1967: 458, f. 413 (Tf from Ctenus, Dm).
A. l. Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3C (Tf from Leptoctenus).

mf mamma Karsch, 1884....................West, Central, East Africa
A. m. Karsch, 1884a: 62, f. 1 (Df).
Ctenus debilis Strand, 1908l: 43, pl. 2, f. 9 (f, misidentified).
A. debilis Lessert, 1915a: 45, pl. 2, f. 47 (f, misidentified).
A. cambridgei Lessert, 1915a: 47, pl. 2, f. 41-42 (Dm).
A. m. Benoit, 1977m: 373, f. 2A-E (f, Sm).

mf maolan Zhu, Chen & Song, 1999....................China
A. m. Zhu, Chen & Song, 1999: 210, f. 1-5 (Dmf).

j nathani Strand, 1906....................Bahama Is.
A. sp. Banks, 1906a: 187 (j).
A. n. Strand, 1906i: 784 (Dj).

f pallida (L. Koch, 1875)....................Egypt, Ethiopia
Ctenus pallidus L. Koch, 1875b: 84, pl. 7, f. 7 (Df).
Titurius pallidus Simon, 1884q: 329.
Thalassius pallidus Simon, 1898a: 298.
A. p. Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3E-F (Tf from Thalassius).

j punctata (Thorell, 1890)....................Sumatra
Nydia p. Thorell, 1890c: 133 (Nj).
A. p. Simon, 1897a: 121.

mf punctulata (Hentz, 1844)....................USA
Ctenus punctulatus Hentz, 1844: 394, pl. 19, f. 5-6 (Df).
Arctosa animosa Simon, 1864: 346.
A. p. Simon, 1897a: 123.
Ctenus punctulatus Banks, 1898b: 277.
Ctenus punctulatus Bishop & Crosby, 1926: 184, pl. 23, f. 31-33 (f, Dm).
A. animosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 156.
A. p. Peck, 1981: 158, f. 1-4 (mf, removed from S of A. animosa).
A. p. Silva, 2003: 56, f. 22a (f).

mf pygmaea Benoit, 1977....................Ivory Coast
A. p. Benoit, 1977o: 719, f. 2E-F (Dmf).

mf samplexa Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000....................China, Korea
A. fauna Paik, 1978e: 403, f. 182.1-5 (mf, misidentified).
A. fauna Hu, 1984: 306, f. 325.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
A. fauna Zhang, 1987: 201, f. 174.1-5 (mf, misidentified).
A. s. Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000: 94, f. 1-5 (Dmf).

mf similis Caporiacco, 1947....................Central, East Africa
A. s. Caporiacco, 1947d: 201, pl. 2, f. 46 (Df).
A. s. Benoit, 1977m: 376, f. 3A-B (f, Dm).

m zoroides Schmidt & Krause, 1994....................Comoro Is.
A. z. Schmidt & Krause, 1994d: 236, f. 2-3 (Dm).

Gen. Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880

N.B.: transferred here from the Pisauridae by Lehtinen, 1967: 214, that transfer rejected by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 155 but reinstated by Silva, 2003: 32; considered a senior synonym of Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939 by Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165.

Transferred to other genera:
A. ahrensi (Schmidt, 1961) -- see Cupiennius.
A. granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) -- see Cupiennius.
A. valentinei Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Cupiennius.

In synonymy:
A. acostae Schenkel, 1953 = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. anomalostomus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165).
A. argentinus (Holmberg, 1881, T from Cupiennius) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, contra Lucas, 1964: 133).
A. bahiensis (Strand, 1909) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332).
A. bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337).
A. bolivianus Tullgren, 1905 = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163).
A. brunneus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897, removed from S of A. bogotensis) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. caracasensis (Strand, 1909) = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. demerarensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. diplocellatus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Cupiennius) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, contra Lucas, 1964: 133).
A. fuscus (Walckenaer, 1837, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337).
A. giganteus (Taczanowski, 1874, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337).
A. gigas (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. greenwayi (Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165).
A. infelix (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Ctenus) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333).
A. iophorus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333).
A. juruensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. metatarsalis (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Ctenus) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 165).
A. nasutus (Kraus, 1955, T from Ctenus) = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. niveobarbatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Phoneutria) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32).
A. originalis (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 333, contra Lucas, 1964: 132).
A. orinocensis Simon, 1898 = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. palustris (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898) = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. paraensis (Strand, 1916) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. paraguayensis (Strand, 1909) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, contra Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163).
A. paulensis (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332).
A. pindareensis Mello-Leitão, 1921 = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. saraensis (Strand, 1909) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. selenkai (Strand, 1909) = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332).
A. striolatus (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. tenkatei (Hasselt, 1888, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337).
A. titanus (Caporiacco, 1947) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).
A. venezuelensis (Strand, 1909) = A. bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342).
A. vulpes Bertkau, 1880 = A. concolor (Perty, 1833) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332).
A. xerophilus (Mello-Leitão, 1936, T from Ctenus) = A. rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 338).

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

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

mf bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877)....................Nicaragua to Bolivia
Ctenus b. Keyserling, 1877a: 684, pl. 8, f. 54 (Df).
Lycoctenus b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 98, pl. 4, f. 2b, d (f).
Lycoctenus colombianus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 99, pl. 4, f. 1c, 4 (Dm).
Lycoctenus palustris F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898b: 899, pl. 54, f. 11 (Dm).
A. palustris Simon, 1898a: 299.
A. orinocensis Simon, 1898f: 17 (Dm).
Lycoctenus b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901a: 308, pl. 30, f. 3-4 (mf).
A. b. Strand, 1907g: 430.
Lycoctenus venezuelensis Strand, 1909b: 334 (Df).
Lycoctenus caracasensis Strand, 1909i: 427 (Dj).
A. acostae Schenkel, 1953a: 32, f. 28 (Df).
Ctenus nasutus Kraus, 1955b: 50, f. 133 (Df).
A. b. Lucas, 1964: 132, f. 1-8 (mf, S).
A. b. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970a: 163, f. 1-21 (mf, S).
A. b. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32 (S).
A. b. Merrett, 1988: 197, f. 1-3 (mf).
A. b. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 342, f. 12-17, 36-40 (mf, S).

mf concolor (Perty, 1833) *....................Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
Dolomedes c. Perty, 1833: 197, pl. 39, f. 4 (Df).
Ctenus unicolor Walckenaer, 1837: 365 (Dmf).
Ctenus c. C. L. Koch, 1847: 59, f. 1458 (f).
A. vulpes Bertkau, 1880a: 114 (Dj).
Ctenus argentinus Holmberg, 1881a: 270, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df).
A. bolivianus Tullgren, 1905: 51, pl. 7, f. 24 (Df).
Lycoctenus bahiensis Strand, 1909b: 330 (Df).
Lycoctenus selenkae Strand, 1909b: 331 (Df).
Lycoctenus paraguayensis Strand, 1909b: 335 (Dm).
Cupiennius argentinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 479.
Ctenus paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 39 (Df).
Ctenus iophorus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 9, pl. 2, f. 10 (Dm).
Ctenus originalis Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 22 (Df).
Cupiennius diplocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 21 (Df).
Corinoctenus anomalostomus Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 140, f. a-b (Df).
Ctenus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1940d: 211 (Dm).
Ctenus metatarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 216, f. 25 (Df).
Phoneutria niveobarbata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 256, f. 41 (Dm).
Ctenus niveobarbata Roewer, 1955c: 653.
Corinoctenus greenwayi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1960: 38, f. 1-2 (Dm).
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 (Tm from Ctenus per Roewer).
A. c. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 332, f. 1-6, 28-30 (Tmf from Ctenus, S).

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

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

mf jau Höfer & Brescovit, 2000....................Brazil
A. j. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 349, f. 49-51 (Dmf).

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

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

f rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)....................Northern South America
Ctenus r. Walckenaer, 1837: 367 (Df).
Ctenus fuscus Walckenaer, 1837: 368 (Df).
Ctenus giganteus Taczanowski, 1874: 91 (Df).
Ctenus bimaculatus Taczanowski, 1874: 92 (Df).
Leptoctenus tenkatei Hasselt, 1888: 192 (Df).
Lycoctenus brunneus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 97, pl. 4, f. 1a, c-d, 2a, c (Dmf).
Lycoctenus gigas F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 98, pl. 4, f. 1c.1 (Dm).
Lycoctenus demerarensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 99, pl. 4, f. 1c.3 (Dm).
A. gigas Simon, 1898a: 299.
Lycoctenus saraensis Strand, 1909b: 332 (Df).
A. vulpes Petrunkevitch, 1910: 220, pl. 22, f. 35 (f, misidentified).
Ctenus tenkatei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 478.
Lycoctenus paraensis Strand, 1916d: 114 (Dj).
A. pindareensis Mello-Leitão, 1921c: 180 (Df).
Ctenus juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 39 (Df).
Ctenus striolatus Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 40 (Dm).
A. pindareannus Mello-Leitão, 1924a: 277 (Df, same holotype as A. pindareensis).
Ctenus xerophilus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 14, pl. 4, f. 30 (Dm).
Lycoctenus titanus Caporiacco, 1947a: 22 (Dmf).
Lycoctenus titanus Caporiacco, 1948a: 635, f. 29-31 (mf).
A. r. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337, pl. 1.1, f. 7-11, 31-35 (Tf from Ctenus, Sm).

mf terrenus Höfer & Brescovit, 2000....................Brazil
A. t. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 353, pl. 1.2, f. 24-27, 56-58 (Dmf).

Gen. Apolania Simon, 1898

m segmentata Simon, 1898 *....................Seychelles
A. s. Simon, 1898d: 384 (Dm).
A. s. Benoit, 1978k: 944, f. 2A-B (m).

Gen. Asthenoctenus Simon, 1897

Transferred to other genera:
A. tigrinus Mello-Leitão, 1938 -- see Zoridae incertae sedis.

In synonymy:
A. amicus (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Itatiaya) = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4).
A. humilis Mello-Leitão, 1942 = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4).
A. jujuyensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Brescovit & Simó, 1998: 2).
A. macdonaghi (Mello-Leitão, 1938, T from Centroctenus) = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4).
A. mendocinus Mello-Leitão, 1943 = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4).
A. sordidus Mello-Leitão, 1944 = A. borellii Simon, 1897 (Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4).

mf borellii Simon, 1897 *....................Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
A. b. Simon, 1897e: 7 (Df).
A. b. Simon, 1897a: 113, f. 99.
Centroctenus mac-donaghi Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 102, f. 18 (Dm).
A. jujuyensis Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 156, pl. 7, f. 34 (Df).
Itatiaya amica Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 159, f. 54, pl. 8, f. 37 (Dmf).
A. humilis Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 404, f. 27 (Df).
A. mendocinus Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 109, f. 11 (Dm).
A. sordidus Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 350, f. 40 (Dm).
A. mendozinus Roewer, 1955c: 637.
A. b. Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 4, f. 1-16 (f, Sm).
A. b. Brescovit & Simó, 1998: 2, f. 1-6 (mf, S, contra Simó & Eickstedt, 1994: 10).

f hingstoni (Mello-Leitão, 1948)....................Guyana
Acanthoctenus h. Mello-Leitão, 1948: 172, f. 15 (Df).
A. h. Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

mf longistylus Brescovit & Simó, 1998....................Brazil
A. l. Brescovit & Simó, 1998: 3, f. 7-15 (Dmf).

Gen. Bengalla Gray & Thompson, 2001

B. Gray & Thompson, 2001: 159, type B. bertmaini Gray & Thompson, 2001; N.B.: assigned only to the superfamily Lycosoidea by Gray & Thompson, 2001, placed here because of its possible relationship to Janusia Gray, 1973.

mf bertmaini Gray & Thompson, 2001 *....................Western Australia
B. b. Gray & Thompson, 2001: 162, f. 1a-e, 2a-d, 3a-f (Dmf).

Gen. Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877

Transferred to other genera:
C. caporiaccoi Lessert, 1946 -- see Africactenus.
C. ghesquierei Lessert, 1946 -- see Africactenus.
C. guineensis Simon, 1897 -- see Africactenus.
C. poecilus (Thorell, 1899) -- see Africactenus.
C. tenuitarsis Strand, 1908 -- see Africactenus.

j abyssinicus Strand, 1917....................Ethiopia
C. a. Strand, 1917e: 41 (Dj).

f aculeatus Keyserling, 1877 *....................Colombia
C. a. Keyserling, 1877a: 697, pl. 8, f. 59 (Df).

f boetonensis Strand, 1913....................Sulawesi
C. b. Strand, 1913d: 120 (Df).
C. b. Strand, 1915d: 251, pl. 18, f. 91 (f).

mf celer Simon, 1897....................Java
C. c. Simon, 1897b: 496 (Df).
C. c. Simon, 1905c: 67 (Dm).

j distinctus Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
C. d. Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Dj).

f fernandensis Simon, 1910....................Bioko
C. f. Simon, 1910c: 362 (Df).

mf gracilitarsis Simon, 1897....................Venezuela
C. g. Simon, 1897b: 496 (Dmf).
C. g. Caporiacco, 1955: 397, f. 55a-c (mf).
C. g. Brignoli, 1972c: 380, f. 39-40 (f).

f luteovittatus Simon, 1897....................St. Vincent
C. l. Simon, 1897d: 880 (Df).

f oreus Simon, 1901....................Malaysia
C. o. Simon, 1901k: 67 (Df).

mf penicilliger Simon, 1897....................St. Vincent
C. p. Simon, 1897d: 881 (Dmf).

f variegatus Bertkau, 1880....................Brazil
C. v. Bertkau, 1880a: 59, pl. 1, f. 19 (Df).

Gen. Celaetycheus Simon, 1897

mf cabriolatus Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
C. c. Franganillo, 1930: 34, f. 12 (D).
C. c. Franganillo, 1936c: 106.
C. c. Bryant, 1940: 377, pl. 12, f. 157, 160 (Dmf).

?? cabriolatus pardosiformis Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
C. c. p. Franganillo, 1930: 34 (D; N.B.: omitted by Roewer).

f delesserti Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
C. d. Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Df).
C. d. Caporiacco, 1948a: 681, f. 101 (f).

f flavostriatus Simon, 1897 *....................Brazil
C. f. Simon, 1897a: 115, f. 104-105 (Df).

f fulvorufus Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
C. f. Franganillo, 1930: 34 (Df).

?? fulvorufus afoliatus Franganillo, 1931....................Cuba
C. f. a. Franganillo, 1931: 287 (D).
C. f. a. Franganillo, 1934: 155 (D).

m modestus Bryant, 1942....................Puerto Rico
C. m. Bryant, 1942b: 7, pl. 2, f. 19 (Dm).

f strenuus Bryant, 1942....................Puerto Rico
C. s. Bryant, 1942b: 8, pl. 2, f. 12 (Df).

m paradoxus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Panama
C. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 115, pl. 8, f. 13 (Dm).

Gen. Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929

Transferred to other genera:
C. macdonaghi Mello-Leitão, 1938 -- see Asthenoctenus.

In synonymy:
C. longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1929 = C. ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) (Brescovit, 1996: 303).
C. nanellus (Mello-Leitão, 1930, T from Ctenus) = C. ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) (Brescovit, 1996: 303).
C. penicillatus (Caporiacco, 1955, T from Acanthoctenus) = C. auberti (Caporiacco, 1954) (Brescovit, 1996: 305).
C. tapereba (Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994, T from Ctenus) = C. auberti (Caporiacco, 1954) (Brescovit, 1996: 305).

mf acara Brescovit, 1996....................Brazil
C. a. Brescovit, 1996: 308, f. 25-28 (Dmf).

mf auberti (Caporiacco, 1954)....................Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
Ctenus a. Caporiacco, 1954: 123, f. 33, 33a (Dm).
Acanthoctenus penicillatus Caporiacco, 1955: 290, f. 6a-b (Dm).
Ctenus tapereba Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 94, f. 8c-d (Df).
C. a. Brescovit, 1996: 305, f. 23-24 (Tm from Ctenus, Sf).

m irupana Brescovit, 1996....................Bolivia
C. i. Brescovit, 1996: 311, f. 33-36 (Dm).

mf miriuma Brescovit, 1996....................Brazil
C. m. Brescovit, 1996: 309, f. 29-32 (Dmf).

mf ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) *....................Brazil
Ctenus o. Strand, 1909i: 411 (Dm).
Ctenus o. Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 97 (Df).
C. longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 99, f. 9-10 (Dm).
Ctenus nanellus Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 62, f. 18-19 (Dmf).
Ctenus o. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 21, pl. 3, f. 19-20 (mf).
C. longimanus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 28, pl. 4, f. 51 (m).
C. o. Lehtinen, 1967: 222 (Tmf from Ctenus).
C. o. Brescovit, 1996: 303, f. 1-22 (mf, S).

m sai Brescovit, 1996....................Brazil
C. s. Brescovit, 1996: 312, f. 37-38 (Dm).

Gen. Ctenopsis Schmidt, 1956

C. Schmidt, 1956a: 28, type C. stellata Schmidt, 1956.

f stellata Schmidt, 1956 *....................Brazil
C. s. Schmidt, 1954: 420, f. 13a-b (f, nomen nudum).
C. s. Schmidt, 1956a: 29, f. 4 (Df).

Gen. Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Phoneutria Perty, 1833, Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878, Isoctenus Bertkau, 1880, Oligostenus Simon, 1887 or Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935 (Lehtinen, 1967: 241, 244, 254, 272).

Transferred to other genera:
C. aculeatus Simon, 1896 -- see Anahita.
C. agalenoides (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Leptoctenus.
C. agilior Pocock, 1899 -- see Africactenus.
C. anclatus Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius.
C. andrewsi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria.
C. auberti Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Centroctenus.
C. bimaculatus Taczanowski, 1874 -- see Ancylometes.
C. boliviensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria.
C. byrrhus (Simon, 1888) -- see Leptoctenus.
C. chilesicus Strand, 1916 -- see Phoneutria.
C. clathratus Thorell, 1899 -- see Petaloctenus.
C. concolor (Perty, 1833) -- see Ancylometes.
C. cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930 -- see Cupiennius.
C. decorosus Arts, 1912 -- see Africactenus.
C. depilatus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria.
C. dolomedes Chamberlin, 1925 -- see Cupiennius.
C. eupalaestrus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) -- see Isoctenus.
C. fagei Lessert, 1935 -- see Trogloctenus.
C. ferus (Perty, 1833) -- see Phoneutria.
C. foliiferus (Bertkau, 1880) -- see Isoctenus.
C. forcipatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Phoneutria.
C. fuscus Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Ancylometes.
C. giganteus Taczanowski, 1874 -- see Ancylometes.
C. gigas Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius.
C. impressus Franganillo, 1930 -- see Cupiennius.
C. infelix Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Ancylometes.
C. iophorus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes.
C. juruensis Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes.
C. longurio Simon, 1910 -- see Africactenus.
C. luederwaldti Mello-Leitão, 1917 -- see Phoneutria.
C. lycosinus (Simon, 1896) -- see Anahita.
C. medius Keyserling, 1891 -- see Oligoctenus.
C. metatarsalis Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Ancylometes.
C. nanellus Mello-Leitão, 1930 -- see Centroctenus.
C. nasutus Kraus, 1955 -- see Ancylometes.
C. nigriventer Keyserling, 1891 -- see Phoneutria.
C. nigriventroides Strand, 1907 -- see Phoneutria.
C. niveobarbatus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) -- see Ancylometes.
C. ocelliventer Strand, 1909 -- see Centroctenus.
C. ochraceus (C. L. Koch, 1847) -- see Phoneutria.
C. originalis Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes.
C. ornatus (Keyserling, 1876) -- see Oligoctenus.
C. paca Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Phoneutria.
C. paulensis Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes.
C. pediculatus Franganillo, 1946 -- see Cupiennius.
C. reidyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 -- see Phoneutria.
C. rufibarbis (Perty, 1833) -- see Phoneutria.
C. rufichelis Mello-Leitão, 1917 -- see Phoneutria.
C. rufus Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Ancylometes.
C. signativenter Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria.
C. spadiceus Simon, 1910 -- see Thoriosa.
C. spinivulva Simon, 1910 -- see Thoriosa.
C. striolatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Ancylometes.
C. sus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria.
C. tapereba Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994 -- see Centroctenus.
C. taurinus Simon, 1910 -- see Thoriosa.
C. tenkatei (Hasselt, 1888) -- see Ancylometes.
C. valdehirsutulus Strand, 1909 -- see Phoneutria.
C. variabilis Franganillo, 1931 -- see Cupiennius.
C. vehemens Keyserling, 1891 -- see Oligoctenus.
C. xerophilus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes.

In synonymy:
C. adumbratus Arts, 1912 = C. gulosus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979b: 429).
C. albovittatus Mello-Leitão, 1939 = C. taeniatus Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213).
C. aliegenus Arts, 1912 = C. eminens Arts, 1912 (Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 145, contra Benoit, 1980: 117, who placed it instead as a S of C. pergulanus Arts, 1912).
C. aureopubescens Strand, 1906 = C. erythrochelis (Simon, 1876) (Benoit, 1977n: 699).
C. batesi Pocock, 1903 = C. capulinus (Karsch, 1879) (Hyatt, 1954: 879).
C. bellus Arts, 1912 = C. capulinus (Karsch, 1879) (Benoit, 1980: 112).
C. binotatus Mello-Leitão, 1936 = C. taeniatus Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213).
C. calcitrosus Arts, 1912 = C. facetus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 571).
C. callosus Arts, 1912 = C. facetus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 571).
C. canonicus Arts, 1912 = C. colonicus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977p: 1028).
C. carvalhoi Eickstedt, 1983 = C. maculisternis Strand, 1909 (Höfer & Brescovit, 1997: 91).
C. cavaticus minor Lessert, 1929 = C. pilosus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1979c: 568).
C. cribensis Strand, 1906 = C. capulinus (Karsch, 1879) (Benoit, 1980: 112).
C. cuspidatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 = C. ceylonensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 (Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 108).
C. daemonicus Arts, 1912 = C. amanensis Strand, 1907 (Benoit, 1977n: 702).
C. dirus Thorell, 1899 = C. kingsleyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 (Hyatt, 1954: 884).
C. embriki (Caporiacco, 1949, T from Anahita) = C. colonicus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977m: 370).
C. ennosigaeus Arts, 1912 = C. pilosus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1979c: 568).
C. famigeratus Arts, 1912 = C. oligochronius Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1980: 115).
C. frivolus Arts, 1912 = C. gulosus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979b: 429).
C. gemmatus Arts, 1912 = C. nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 110).
C. gynheraldicus Mello-Leitão, 1936 (T from Oligoctenus) = C. taeniatus Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213).
C. hexastictus Simon, 1910 = C. nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 109).
C. historialis Arts, 1912 = C. amanensis Strand, 1907 (Benoit, 1977n: 702).
C. illecebrosus Arts, 1912 = C. nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1980: 109).
C. immortalis Arts, 1912 = C. velox Blackwall, 1865 (Benoit, 1977n: 700).
C. indigenus Arts, 1912 = C. latitabundus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1979c: 572).
C. kiwuensis (Strand, 1915, T from Anahita) = C. caligineus Arts, 1912 (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
C. littorinus Benoit, 1978 = C. modestus Simon, 1897 (Benoit, 1979b: 441).
C. maculivulva Reimoser, 1937 = C. potteri Simon, 1901 (Benoit, 1979b: 442).
C. marshalli F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 = C. velox Blackwall, 1865 (Hyatt, 1954: 884, sub C. melanogaster).
C. melanogaster (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) = C. velox Blackwall, 1865 (Benoit, 1977n: 700).
C. nigrifemur Strand, 1908 = C. kingsleyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 (Benoit, 1978a: 219).
C. nigrotriangulatus Strand, 1906 = C. potteri Simon, 1901 (Arts, 1912: 186, 200, S omitted by Roewer).
C. observandus Arts, 1912 = C. pilosus Thorell, 1899 (Benoit, 1979c: 568).
C. planipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 = C. minor F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 (Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 90).
C. rubrifrons Simon, 1910 = C. capulinus (Karsch, 1879) (Benoit, 1980: 112).
C. spenceri F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 = C. pulchriventris Simon, 1896 (Hyatt, 1954: 886).
C. spenceri herbigradus Arts, 1912 = C. pulchriventris (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1979b: 430).
C. thomasi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 = C. taeniatus Keyserling, 1891 (Eickstedt, 1978: 213).
C. xinguensis Mello-Leitão, 1940 = C. maculisternis Strand, 1909 (Höfer & Brescovit, 1997: 91).

Homonym replaced:
C. strandi (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Anahita) -- see C. colonicus.

Nomen dubium:
C. oudinoti Walckenaer, 1837: 368 (France) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1453.

mf abditus Arts, 1912....................Congo, Tanzania
C. a. Arts, 1912: 201, pl. 2, f. 24 (Df).
C. a. Benoit, 1979b: 426, f. 1, 16 (mf).

f acanthoctenoides Schmidt, 1956....................Ecuador
C. a. Schmidt, 1956a: 29, f. 5 (Df).

f adustus (Keyserling, 1877)....................Colombia
Microctenus a. Keyserling, 1877a: 690, pl. 8, f. 57 (Df).
C. a. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 77.

f agroecoides (Thorell, 1881)....................Queensland
Leptoctenus a. Thorell, 1881: 386 (Df).
C. a. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 414.

f albofasciatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. a. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 82, pl. 3, f. 1d, 4b (Df).
C. a. Eickstedt, 1983b: 173, f. 2, 5-6 (f).

f alienus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Guatemala
C. a. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 111, pl. 8, f. 2 (Df).

f amanensis Strand, 1907....................East Africa
C. a. Strand, 1907a: 544 (Df).
C. a. Strand, 1907n: 696 (Df).
C. a. Arts, 1912: 192, pl. 1, f. 6 (f).
C. historialis Arts, 1912: 197 (Df).
C. daemonicus Arts, 1912: 197, pl. 2, f. 16 (Df).
C. a. Benoit, 1977n: 702, f. 2E (f, S).

mf amphora Mello-Leitão, 1930....................Brazil, Guyana
C. a. Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 64, f. 22-23 (Df).
C. a. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 6, pl. 1, f. 6 (f).
C. a. Mello-Leitão, 1948: 173, f. 16-17 (f, Dm).
C. a. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 82, f. 1a-d, 2a-d (mf).

m anahitaeformis Benoit, 1981....................Burundi
C. a. Benoit, 1981: 36, f. 6-7 (Dm).

f anahitiformis Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. a. Strand, 1909h: 307, 327 (Df).

f andamanensis Gravely, 1931....................India
C. a. Gravely, 1931: 232, f. 2D (Df).
C. a. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 118, f. 9A-C (f).

m angigitanus Roewer, 1938....................New Guinea
C. a. Roewer, 1938: 60, f. 40-41 (Dm).

m angularis Roewer, 1938....................Aru Is.
C. a. Roewer, 1938: 58, f. 39 (Dm).

f anisitsi Strand, 1909....................Paraguay
C. a. Strand, 1909h: 311 (Df).

m argentipes Hasselt, 1893....................Sumatra
C. a. Hasselt, 1893: 148 (Dm).

f aruanus Strand, 1911....................Aru Is.
C. a. Strand, 1911d: 164, pl. 5, f. 57 (Df).

f atrivulvus Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. atrivulva Strand, 1909h: 314 (Df).

mf auricomus Arts, 1912....................Central, East Africa
C. a. Arts, 1912: 208, pl. 3, f. 39 (Df).
C. a. Benoit, 1977p: 1027, f. 3-5 (f, Dm).

f avidus Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. a. Bryant, 1948b: 397, pl. 9, f. 89 (Df).

j bahamensis Strand, 1907....................Bahama Is.
C. sp. Banks, 1906a: 187 (j).
C. b. Strand, 1907q: 693 (Dj).

m bantaengi Merian, 1911....................Sulawesi
C. b. Merian, 1911: 284 (Dm).

j barbatus Thorell, 1895....................Myanmar
C. b. Thorell, 1895: 214 (Dj).

j beerwaldi Strand, 1906....................East Africa
C. b. Strand, 1906h: 78 (Dj).

?? bicolor (Bertkau, 1880)....................Brazil
Isoctenus b. Bertkau, in Van Beneden, 1880: 637 (D).
C. b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 412.

f bicostatus Thorell, 1890....................Borneo
C. b. Thorell, 1890c: 134 (Df).

f bigibbosus Benoit, 1980....................Congo
C. b. Benoit, 1980: 118, f. 10 (Df).

f bilobatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Mexico
C. b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 110, pl. 8, f. 8 (Df).

mf biprocessis Strand, 1906....................Ethiopia
C. b. Strand, 1906b: 635 (Dmf).

f birabeni Mello-Leitão, 1941....................Argentina
C. b. Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 157, pl. 8, f. 35 (Df).

f blumenauensis Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. b. Strand, 1909h: 324 (Df).

mf bolivicola Strand, 1907....................Bolivia
C. b. Strand, 1907g: 429 (Dmf).

mf bomdilaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1981....................India
C. b. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 109, f. 3A-G (Dmf).

m bowonglangi Merian, 1911....................Sulawesi
C. b. Merian, 1911: 284 (Dm).

f brevipes Keyserling, 1891....................Brazil
C. b. Keyserling, 1891: 148, pl. 4, f. 101 (Df).
C. brevilabris Strand, 1909i: 410 (provisional name only).
C. b. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 3 (f).

mf brevitarsus Bryant, 1940....................Cuba
C. b. Bryant, 1940: 379, f. 159, 164 (Dmf).

f bueanus Strand, 1916....................Cameroon
C. b. Strand, 1916e: 149 (Df).

m bulimus Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. b. Strand, 1909h: 303 (Dm).

m calcaratus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Guatemala
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 113, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm).

m calcarifer F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Borneo
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 405, pl. 7, f. 10 (Dm).

f calderitas Alayón, 2002....................Mexico
C. c. Alayón, 2002d: 12, f. 1-2 (Df).

mf caligineus Arts, 1912....................Central, East Africa
C. c. Arts, 1912: 196, pl. 2, f. 15 (Df).
Anahita kiwuensis Strand, 1916c: 88 (Dmf).
C. c. Benoit, 1977m: 371 (Sf only).
C. c. Benoit, 1977p: 1025, f. 1-2 (f, Dm).

f calzada Alayón, 1985....................Cuba
C. c. Alayón, 1985b: 3, f. 1 (Df).

mf captiosus Gertsch, 1935....................USA
C. c. Gertsch, 1935b: 22, f. 49-53 (Dmf).
C. c. Peck, 1981: 163, f. 10-11, 16-17 (mf).

mf capulinus (Karsch, 1879)....................West, Central Africa
Phoneutria c. Karsch, 1879a: 348 (Dm).
C. burtoni F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 25, pl. 3, f. 3 (Dm).
C. scopulatus Pocock, 1899e: 871, pl. 57, f. 25 (Df).
C. batesii Pocock, 1903e: 263 (Df).
C. cribensis Strand, 1906h: 76 (Df).
C. c. Strand, 1908e: 276 (mf).
C. rubrifrons Simon, 1910c: 350 (Dj).
C. c. Arts, 1912: 191, pl. 1, f. 3 (mf).
C. bellus Arts, 1912: 194, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df).
C. c. Hyatt, 1954: 879 (S).
C. c. Benoit, 1980: 112, f. 2, 8, 12a-b (mf, S).

f cavaticus Arts, 1912....................Congo, Angola
C. c. Arts, 1912: 208, pl. 3, f. 38 (Df).
C. c. Hyatt, 1954: 881, f. 24 (f).
C. c. Benoit, 1979c: 571, f. 1C (f).

f celebensis Pocock, 1897....................Sulawesi
C. c. Pocock, 1897c: 609, pl. 25, f. 16 (Df).
C. kuekenthali Pocock, 1897c: 609, pl. 25, f. 15 (Df).

m celisi Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. c. Benoit, 1981: 32, f. 3 (Dm).

mf ceylonensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Sri Lanka
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 346, pl. 4, f. 12, 26 (Dmf).
C. cuspidatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 406, pl. 7, f. 12-13 (Dm).
C. c. Gravely, 1931: 232, f. 2B-C (f).
C. c. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 108, f. 2A-D (mf, S).

f clariventris Strand, 1906....................Ethiopia
C. c. Strand, 1906b: 634 (Df).

mf coccineipes Pocock, 1903....................West, Central Africa
C. c. Pocock, 1903e: 262 (Df).
C. c. Lessert, 1929: 142, f. 22-23 (f, Dm).
C. c. Hyatt, 1954: 881, f. 22 (f).
C. c. Benoit, 1979b: 427, f. 2 (f).

mf cochinensis Gravely, 1931....................India
C. c. Gravely, 1931: 235, f. 1E, 3C (Dmf).
C. c. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 112, f. 5A-D (mf).

f colombianus Mello-Leitão, 1941....................Colombia
C. c. Mello-Leitão, 1941a: 124 (Df).

mf colonicus Arts, 1912....................East Africa
C. c. Arts, 1912: 203, pl. 2, f. 28 (Df).
C. canonicus Arts, 1912: 212, pl. 3, f. 46 (Dm).
C. c. Lessert, 1921: 419, f. 53-55 (f, Dm).
Anahita strandi Caporiacco, 1947d: 200, f. 45a-b (Dmf, preoccupied by Lessert, 1929; N.B.: omitted by Roewer).
Anahita embriki Caporiacco, 1949a: 447 (replacement name).
C. c. Benoit, 1977m: 370 (S).
C. c. Benoit, 1977p: 1028, f. 6-7 (mf, S).

mf complicatus Franganillo, 1946....................Cuba
C. c. Franganillo, 1946: 99, f. 4a-b (Dmf).

m constrictus Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. c. Benoit, 1981: 44, f. 15 (Dm).

f convexus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Mexico to Costa Rica
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 114, pl. 8, f. 12 (Df).

m corniger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898....................South Africa
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 26, pl. 3, f. 11 (Dm).
C. c. Gravely, 1931: 236, f. 1F (m).
C. c. Benoit, 1979b: 429, f. 17 (m).

m coxalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Brazil
C. velox Keyserling, 1891: 147, pl. 4, f. 100 (Dm; preoccupied by Blackwall,
1865).
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 413 (replacement name).
C. velox Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 14, pl. 3, f. 28-29 (m).
C. velocitatis Roewer, 1951: 446 (superfluous replacement name).

mf coxanus Bryant, 1940....................Cuba
C. c. Bryant, 1940: 381, pl. 12, f. 162 (Dm).
C. c. Alayón, 2002c: 137, f. 3-4 (Df).

f cruciatus Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
C. c. Franganillo, 1930: 33 (Df).

mf crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930....................Brazil
C. c. Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 63, f. 20-21 (Df).
C. c. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 4 (f).
C. c. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 87, f. 5a-d (f, Dm).

mf curvipes (Keyserling, 1881)....................Panama
Microctenus c. Keyserling, 1881b: 579, pl. 16, f. 24 (Dm).
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 86, pl. 3, f. 6a, 7e (Df).
C. c. Simon, 1897a: 107, f. 100 (m).

f dangsus Reddy & Patel, 1994....................India
C. d. Reddy & Patel, 1994: 131, f. 1-5 (Df).

f darlingtoni Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. d. Bryant, 1948b: 398, pl. 9, f. 86 (Df).

f datus Strand, 1909....................Ecuador
C. d. Strand, 1909h: 316 (Df).

f decemnotatus Simon, 1909....................Guinea-Bissau
C. d. Simon, 1910c: 353 (Df).
C. d. Arts, 1912: 192, pl. 1, f. 5 (f).
C. d. Benoit, 1978a: 223, f. 2B (f).

f decorus (Gerstäcker, 1873)....................East Africa
Phoneutria decora Gerstäcker, 1873: 483, pl. 18, f. 7 (Df).
C. decora F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 413.
C. d. Roewer, 1955c: 640.

mf denticulatus (Simon, 1884)....................Myanmar, Simeulue
Leptoctenus d. Simon, 1884q: 355 (Df).
C. d. Thorell, 1895: 216 (Dm).
Leptoctenus d. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 338, pl. 4, f. 4-6, 9 (mf).
C. d. Gravely, 1931: 231, f. 1A, 2A (mf).

m denticulatus Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. d. Benoit, 1981: 41, f. 13 (Dm; if actually congeneric with above, a new name will be needed).

f dilucidus Simon, 1910....................Congo
C. d. Simon, 1910c: 359 (Df).

f doloensis Caporiacco, 1940....................Ethiopia
C. d. Caporiacco, 1940c: 775, f. 4 (Df).

f drassoides (Karsch, 1879)....................Colombia
Dyomonomma d. Karsch, 1879h: 108 (Df).
C. d. Petrunkevitch, 1911: 472.

mf dreyeri Strand, 1906....................Cameroon
C. d. Strand, 1906f: 292 (Dmf).

m dubius Walckenaer, 1805 *....................Guyana
C. d. Walckenaer, 1805: 18, pl. 3, f. 22 (Dm).
C. d. Walckenaer, 1837: 366 (m).

f efferatus Arts, 1912....................Congo
C. e. Arts, 1912: 205, pl. 2, f. 33 (Df).
C. e. Benoit, 1980: 114, f. 4 (f).

mf elgonensis Benoit, 1978....................Kenya
C. e. Benoit, 1978d: 529, f. 2a-c (Dmf).

f ellacomei F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Surinam
C. e. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 403, pl. 7, f. 8 (Df).

m embolus Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. e. Benoit, 1981: 40, f. 12 (Dm).

mf eminens Arts, 1912....................Togo, Ivory Coast
C. e. Arts, 1912: 205, pl. 2, f. 32 (Df).
C. aliegenus Arts, 1912: 211, pl. 3, f. 45 (Dm).
C. e. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 145, f. 31-36, 75, 83 (removed f from S of C. nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899, contra Benoit, 1980: 110, Sm).

mf ensiger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Mexico
C. e. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 114, pl. 8, f. 10-11 (Dmf).

mf erythrochelis (Simon, 1876)....................West, Central, East Africa
Phoneutria e. Simon, 1876a: 222 (Dm).
Phoneutria auricularis Karsch, 1879a: 347 (Dmf).
C. e. Simon, 1897a: 107, f. 98, 101.
C. johnstoni F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 21, pl. 3, f. 7 (Df).
C. carsoni F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 24, pl. 3, f. 4-5 (Dm).
C. aureopubescens Strand, 1906h: 82 (Dm).
C. e. Arts, 1912: 188, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf).
C. e. Lessert, 1915a: 44, pl. 2, f. 33 (f).
C. e. Benoit, 1977n: 698, f. 1A-D (mf, S).

mf esculentus Arts, 1912....................Cameroon, Congo
C. e. Arts, 1912: 199, pl. 2, f. 19 (Dmf).
C. e. Benoit, 1980: 115, f. 5, 13 (mf).

f excavatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Mexico
C. e. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 111, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df).

mf exlineae Peck, 1981....................USA
C. e. Peck, 1981: 162, f. 8-9, 14-15 (Dmf).

f facetus Arts, 1912....................Congo, East Africa
C. f. Arts, 1912: 192, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df).
C. callosus Arts, 1912: 193, pl. 1, f. 8 (Df).
C. calcitrosus Arts, 1912: 201, pl. 2, f. 23 (Df).
C. f. Benoit, 1979c: 571, f. 1D (f, S).

mf falcatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................St. Lucia
C. f. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 402, pl. 7, f. 6-7 (Dmf).

m falciformis Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. f. Benoit, 1981: 39, f. 11 (Dm).

mf falconensis Schenkel, 1953....................Venezuela
C. f. Schenkel, 1953a: 36, f. 32a-c (Dmf).

mf fallax Steyn & Van der Donckt, 2002....................Ivory Coast
C. f. Steyn & Van der Donckt, in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 147, f. 37-42, 70, 84 (Dmf).

mf fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1943....................Brazil
C. f. Mello-Leitão, 1943b: 260 (Df).
C. f. Eickstedt, 1975: 66, f. 1-7 (f, Dm).

f feai F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Myanmar
C. obscurus Thorell, 1887: 295 (Df, preoccupied).
C. feae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 414 (replacement name, patryonym for Fea).

f feshius Benoit, 1979....................Congo
C. f. Benoit, 1979b: 436, f. 11 (Df).

j flavidus Hogg, 1922....................Vietnam
C. f. Hogg, 1922: 299, f. 7a-b (Dj).

mf floweri F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Malaysia
C. f. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 348, pl. 4, f. 22-25 (Dmf).
C. f. Gravely, 1931: 235, f. 1D (m).

m fulvipes Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
C. f. Caporiacco, 1947a: 27 (Dm).
C. f. Caporiacco, 1948a: 679, f. 98-99 (m).

f fungifer Thorell, 1890....................Malaysia
C. f. Thorell, 1890d: 309 (Df).

m griseolus Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
C. g. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 8, pl. 2, f. 6-7 (Dm).

f griseus Keyserling, 1891....................Brazil
C. g. Keyserling, 1891: 152, pl. 4, f. 105 (Df).

f guadalupei Mello-Leitão, 1941....................Guadeloupe
C. g. Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 215, f. 23-24 (Df).

f gulosus Arts, 1912....................South Africa
C. g. Arts, 1912: 204, pl. 2, f. 31 (Df).
C. adumbratus Arts, 1912: 207, pl. 3, f. 35 (Df).
C. frivolus Arts, 1912: 207, pl. 3, f. 36 (Df).
C. g. Benoit, 1979b: 429, f. 3 (f, S).

f haitiensis Strand, 1909....................Hispaniola
C. h. Strand, 1909h: 323 (Df).

f herteli Mello-Leitão, 1947....................Brazil
C. h. Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 269, pl. 37, f. 24 (Df).

mf hibernalis Hentz, 1844....................USA
C. hybernalis Hentz, 1844: 393, pl. 19, f. 1-4 (Dm).
C. h. Bishop & Crosby, 1926: 187, pl. 23, f. 35-36 (m, Df).
C. h. Peck, 1981: 160, f. 6-7, 12-13 (mf).

f hiemalis Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. h. Bryant, 1948b: 399, pl. 9, f. 81 (Df).

mf himalayensis Gravely, 1931....................India
C. h. Gravely, 1931: 234, f. 1C, 3B (Dmf).
C. h. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 111, f. 4A-D (mf).

mf holmi Benoit, 1978....................Kenya
C. h. Benoit, 1978d: 531, f. 3a-b (Dmf).

mf hosei F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Borneo
C. h. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 345, pl. 4, f. 11, 17, 20, 28-30 (Dmf).
C. h. Pocock, 1897c: 608, pl. 25, f. 14 (mf).

f humilis (Keyserling, 1887)....................Nicaragua
Microctenus h. Keyserling, 1887b: 456, pl. 6, f. 35 (Df).
C. h. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 113.

f hygrophilus Benoit, 1977....................Congo
C. h. Benoit, 1977p: 1029, f. 8 (Df).

mf idjwiensis Benoit, 1979....................Congo
C. i. Benoit, 1979b: 433, f. 6, 20 (Dmf).

mf inaja Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994....................Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
C. i. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 94, f. 9a-b, 10a-d (Dmf).
C. i. Silva, 2003: 56, f. 22c (f).

mf inazensis Strand, 1909....................Ecuador
C. i. Strand, 1909h: 307 (Dmf).

f incolans F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Guatemala, Costa Rica
C. i. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 111, pl. 7, f. 35-36 (Df).

f indicus Gravely, 1931....................India
C. i. Gravely, 1931: 234, f. 2H-I (Df).
C. i. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 114, f. 6A-C (f).

m insulanus Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. i. Bryant, 1948b: 400, pl. 9, f. 88 (Dm).

f isolatus Bryant, 1940....................Cuba
C. i. Bryant, 1940: 382, pl. 12, f. 163 (Df).

j itatiayaeformis Caporiacco, 1955....................Venezuela
C. i. Caporiacco, 1955: 394 (Dj).

f jaminauensis Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
C. j. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 9, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df).

mf javanus Pocock, 1897....................Java
C. j. Pocock, 1897c: 610, pl. 25, f. 16 (Df).
C. j. Simon, 1905c: 67 (Dm).
C. j. Silva, 2003: 51, f. 20a (m).

f jucundus Thorell, 1897....................Myanmar
C. j. Thorell, 1897b: 17 (Df).

f kapuri Tikader, 1973....................Andaman Is.
C. k. Tikader, 1973d: 862, f. 1-5 (Df).
C. k. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 116, f. 8A-C (f).

mf karschi Roewer, 1951....................Sri Lanka
C. trabifer Karsch, 1891: 295, pl. 11, f. 18 (mf, misidentified).
C. k. Roewer, 1951: 446 (Dmf, for specimens of Karsch).

mf kenyamontanus Benoit, 1978....................Kenya
C. k. Benoit, 1978d: 526, f. 1a-c (Dmf).

mf kingsleyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898....................West, Central Africa
C. k. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 20, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df).
C. dirus Thorell, 1899: 76 (Df).
C. nigrifemur Strand, 1908d: 5 (Df).
C. dirus Strand, 1908e: 273 (Dm).
C. dirus Arts, 1912: 190, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf).
C. k. Hyatt, 1954: 884 (Sm).
C. k. Benoit, 1978a: 219, f. 1A-D (mf, S, rejected).
C. k. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 150, f. 43-47, 74, 85 (mf).

m kipatimus Benoit, 1981....................Tanzania
C. k. Benoit, 1981: 35, f. 5 (Dm).

f kochi Simon, 1897....................New Guinea
C. k. Simon, 1897b: 494 (Df).

f lacertus Benoit, 1979....................Congo
C. l. Benoit, 1979b: 435, f. 9 (Df).

j lagesicola Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. l. Strand, 1909h: 325 (Dj).

f latitabundus Arts, 1912....................Central, East Africa
C. l. Arts, 1912: 203, pl. 2, f. 26 (Df).
C. indigenus Arts, 1912: 203, pl. 2, f. 27 (Df).
C. l. Hyatt, 1954: 884, f. 25 (f).
C. l. Benoit, 1979c: 572, f. 2A (f, S).

f lejeunei Benoit, 1977....................Congo
C. l. Benoit, 1977p: 1031, f. 9 (Df).

m leonardi Simon, 1910....................West Africa
C. l. Simon, 1910c: 358 (Dmf).
C. l. Arts, 1912: 204, pl. 2, f. 30 (f).
C. l. Benoit, 1981: 36, f. 8 (m).

m levipes Arts, 1912....................Tanzania
C. l. Arts, 1912: 212, pl. 3, f. 47 (Dm).
C. l. Benoit, 1981: 31, f. 1 (m).

mf longicalcar Kraus, 1955....................El Salvador
C. l. Kraus, 1955b: 50, f. 131-132 (Dmf).

mf longipes Keyserling, 1891....................Brazil
C. l. Keyserling, 1891: 150, pl. 4, f. 103 (Dm).
C. vertebratus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 404, pl. 7, f. 11 (Df).
C. l. Strand, 1909h: 305 (f).
C. vertebratus Mello-Leitão, 1931a: 13, f. 4 (Dm).
C. l. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 10.
C. vertebratus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 10, pl. 1, f. 14, pl. 2, f. 12-13 (mf).

j longipes vittatissimus Strand, 1916....................Brazil
C. l. vittatissima Strand, 1916b: 131 (Dj).

mf lubwensis Benoit, 1979....................Congo
C. l. Benoit, 1979b: 433, f. 7, 21 (Dmf).

f macellarius Simon, 1910....................Congo
C. m. Simon, 1910c: 352 (Df).

f maculatus Franganillo, 1931....................Cuba
C. m. Franganillo, 1931: 287 (Df).

m maculisternis Strand, 1909....................Bolivia, Brazil
C. m. Strand, 1909h: 302 (Dm).
C. xinguensis Mello-Leitão, 1940h: 29 (Dm).
C. carvalhoi Eickstedt, 1983a: 162, f. 1-2, 7 (Df).
C. m. Höfer & Brescovit, 1997: 89, f. 1-4 (m, Sf).
C. m. Silva, 2003: 51, f. 20b (m).

mf magnificus Arts, 1912....................West Africa
C. m. Arts, 1912: 195, pl. 1, f. 11 (Dmf).
C. m. Benoit, 1978a: 222, f. 2A (f).

mf malvernensis Petrunkevitch, 1910....................Jamaica
C. m. Petrunkevitch, 1910: 217, pl. 22, f. 24-25 (Dmf).

mf manauara Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994....................Brazil
C. m. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 91, f. 7a-b, 8a-b (Dmf).

f manni Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. m. Bryant, 1948b: 401, pl. 9, f. 83 (Df).

f marginatus Walckenaer, 1847....................Fiji, Solomon Is.
C. m. Walckenaer, 1847a: 402 (Df).
Thalassius m. Simon, 1898a: 299.
C. m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 414.

f meghalayaensis Tikader, 1976....................India
C. m. Tikader, 1976a: 791, f. 1-5 (Df).
C. m. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 115, f. 7A-F (f).

f mentor Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. m. Strand, 1909h: 315 (Df).

m minimus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................North America
C. m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 86, pl. 3, f. 5 (Dm).

mf minor F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 83, pl. 3, f. 4c (Df).
C. planipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 84, pl. 3, f. 6b, 7c (Dm).
C. m. Eickstedt, 1983b: 176, f. 3, 7-8 (f).
C. m. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 90, f. 4b, 6a-c (f, Sm).

mf minusculus Keyserling, 1891....................Brazil
C. m. Keyserling, 1891: 149, pl. 5, f. 102 (Df).
C. m. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 11, pl. 1, f. 16, pl. 2, f. 17-18 (f, Dm).

mf mirificus Arts, 1912....................Togo, Ivory Coast
C. m. Arts, 1912: 209, pl. 3, f. 41 (Df).
C. m. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 152, f. 48-52, 72, 86-87 (removed f from S of C. pilosus Thorell, 1899, contra Benoit, 1979c: 568, Dm).

mf miserabilis Strand, 1916....................Colombia
C. m. Strand, 1916b: 128 (Df).
C. m. Silva, 2003: 51, f. 20f (m).

mf mitchelli Gertsch, 1971....................Mexico
C. m. Gertsch, 1971: 101, f. 154-155 (Dmf).
C. m. Sissom, Peck & Cokendolpher, 1999: 263, f. 6, 10 (m).

mf modestus Simon, 1897....................Zanzibar, Kenya
C. m. Simon, 1897b: 492 (Dmf).
C. m. Simon, 1897a: 109, f. 102-103.
C. m. Arts, 1912: 212, pl. 3, f. 48 (mf).
C. littorinus Benoit, 1978d: 532, f. 3c (Df).
C. m. Benoit, 1979b: 441, f. 24 (m, S).

f monticola Bryant, 1948....................Hispaniola
C. monticolus Bryant, 1948b: 401, f. 82 (Df).

m mourei Mello-Leitão, 1947....................Brazil
C. m. Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 270, pl. 37, f. 25 (Dm).

mf musosanus Benoit, 1979....................Congo
C. m. Benoit, 1979b: 434, f. 8, 22 (Dmf).

f narashinhai Patel & Reddy, 1988....................India
C. n. Patel & Reddy, 1988: 104, f. 2a-e (Df).

m nigritarsis (Pavesi, 1897)....................Ethiopia
Anahita n. Pavesi, 1897b: 175 (Dm).
C. n. Benoit, 1977m: 371 (Tm from Anahita, after Lessert, 1929).

m nigritus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. n. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 81, pl. 3, f. 6a, 7a (Dm).

m nigrolineatus Berland, 1913....................Ecuador
C. n. Berland, 1913b: 98, pl. 10, f. 62-66 (Dm).
C. n. Silva, 2003: 51, f. 20c, 22d (mf).

mf nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899....................Central, West Africa
C. n. Thorell, 1899: 76 (Df).
C. hexastictus Simon, 1910c: 351, f. 8 (Dmf).
C. n. Arts, 1912: 193, pl. 1, f. 9 (mf).
C. illecebrosus Arts, 1912: 194, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df).
C. gemmatus Arts, 1912: 197, pl. 2, f. 17 (Dmf).
C. ennosigaeus Arts, 1912: 211, pl. 3, f. 44 (Dm).
C. hexastictus Hyatt, 1954: 883, f. 20 (f).
C. n. Benoit, 1980: 110, f. 1, 7, 11a-b (mf, S, rejected).

f noctuabundus Arts, 1912....................Kenya
C. n. Arts, 1912: 209, pl. 3, f. 40 (Df).
C. n. Benoit, 1979b: 436, f. 10 (f).

f obscurus (Keyserling, 1877)....................Colombia
Microctenus o. Keyserling, 1877a: 689, pl. 8, f. 58 (Df).
C. o. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 77.

f occidentalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898....................West Africa
C. o. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 22, pl. 3, f. 8 (Df).
C. o. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 155, f. 53-55, 73 (removed f from S of C. kingsleyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898, contra Benoit, 1978a: 219).

f oligochronius Arts, 1912....................East Africa
C. o. Arts, 1912: 199, pl. 2, f. 20 (Df).
C. famigeratus Arts, 1912: 200, pl. 2, f. 21 (Df).
C. o. Benoit, 1980: 115, f. 6 (f, S).

m palembangensis Strand, 1906....................Sumatra
C. p. Strand, 1906d: 272 (Dm).

f paranus Strand, 1909....................Brazil
C. p. Strand, 1909h: 321 (Df).

f parvoculatus Benoit, 1979....................South Africa
C. p. Benoit, 1979b: 437, f. 12, 15 (Df).

m parvus (Keyserling, 1877)....................Colombia
Microctenus p. Keyserling, 1877a: 692, pl. 8, f. 55-56 (Dm).
C. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 412.

f pauper Mello-Leitão, 1947....................Brazil
C. p. Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 271, pl. 37, f. 26-27 (Df).

f peregrinus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Guatemala, Costa Rica
C. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 110, pl. 7, f. 34 (Df).

f peregrinus sapperi Strand, 1916....................Guatemala
C. p. s. Strand, 1916d: 113 (Df).

mf pergulanus Arts, 1912....................West, Central Africa
C. p. Arts, 1912: 198, pl. 2, f. 18 (Df).
C. p. Benoit, 1980: 117, f. 9, 14 (mf, S, rejected).
C. p. Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 156, f. 56-63, 71, 88 (mf).

mf periculosus Bristowe, 1931....................Krakatau
C. p. Bristowe, 1931c: 1395, f. 1-5 (Dmf).

f philippinensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Philippines
C. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 349, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df).

mf pilosus Thorell, 1899....................West, Central Africa
C. p. Thorell, 1899: 78 (Dmf).
C. p. Arts, 1912: 208, pl. 3, f. 37 (mf).
C. observandus Arts, 1912: 210, pl. 3, f. 43 (Dm).
C. cavaticus minor Lessert, 1929: 144, f. 24 (Dmf).
C. p. Hyatt, 1954: 885, f. 9-12, 23 (mf).
C. p. Benoit, 1979c: 568, f. 1A-B (mf, S, rejected).

?? pilosus Franganillo, 1930....................Cuba
C. p. Franganillo, 1930: 33 (D; N.B.: omitted by Brignoli; should this species ever prove recognizable, a replacement name will be required).

f pogonias Thorell, 1900....................Cameroon
C. p. Thorell, 1899: 77 (Df).
C. p. Arts, 1912: 204, pl. 2, f. 29 (f).
C. p. Benoit, 1979c: 572, f. 2B (f).

m polli Hasselt, 1893....................Sumatra
C. pollii Hasselt, 1893: 146 (Dj).
C. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 336 (Dm).

f potteri Simon, 1901....................Ethiopia, Bioko
C. p. Simon, 1901d: 23 (Df).
C. nigrotriangulatus Strand, 1906b: 634 (Dj).
C. p. Arts, 1912: 200, pl. 2, f. 22 (f).
C. maculivulva Reimoser, 1937b: 21, f. 3 (Df).
C. p. Benoit, 1979b: 442, f. 14 (f, S).

mf pulchriventris (Simon, 1896)....................Zimbabwe, South Africa
C. p. Simon, 1897b: 493 (Df).
C. spenceri F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 23, pl. 3, f. 9-10 (Dmf).
C. pulchriventer Arts, 1912: 196, pl. 1, f. 13 (f).
C. herbigradus Arts, 1912: 206, pl. 3, f. 34 (Dmf).
C. spenceri herbigradus Lawrence, 1947: 32.
C. p. Hyatt, 1954: 886, f. 21 (f, S).
C. p. Benoit, 1979b: 430, f. 4, 18 (mf, S).

f pulvinatus Thorell, 1890....................Borneo
C. p. Thorell, 1890c: 133 (Df).
C. p. Thorell, 1891: 139 (Df).

j quinquevittatus Strand, 1907....................South Africa
C. 5-vittatus Strand, 1907a: 544 (Dj).
C. 5-vittatus Strand, 1907n: 692 (Dj).

mf racenisi Caporiacco, 1955....................Venezuela
C. r. Caporiacco, 1955: 391, f. 54a-c (Dmf).

f ramosi Alayón, 2002....................Cuba
C. r. Alayón, 2002c: 136, f. 1-2 (Df).

mf ramosus Thorell, 1887....................Myanmar
C. r. Thorell, 1887: 291 (Dm).
C. trabifer Thorell, 1887: 288 (Dj).
C. r. Thorell, 1897b: 15 (Df).
C. r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 333.

f ravidus (Simon, 1886)....................Argentina
Microctenus r. Simon, 1886c: 567 (Df).
C. r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 412.

m rectipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 85, pl. 3, f. 6a, 7b (Dm).

f renivulvatus Strand, 1906....................Ghana
C. r. Strand, 1906h: 80 (Df).

mf rivulatus Pocock, 1899....................Cameroon, Gabon
C. r. Pocock, 1899e: 872, pl. 57, f. 26 (Dmf).
C. r. Hyatt, 1954: 886, f. 19 (f; removed from S of C. nigromaculatus).

mf robustus Thorell, 1897....................Myanmar
C. r. Thorell, 1897b: 12 (Dmf).

f rubripes Keyserling, 1881....................Panama, Ecuador
C. r. Keyserling, 1881b: 577, pl. 16, f. 23 (Df).
C. castratus Strand, 1909h: 310 (provisional name only).

m rufisternis Pocock, 1899....................New Britain
C. r. Pocock, 1899f: 111, pl. 10, f. 9 (Dm).

m rwandanus Benoit, 1981....................Rwanda
C. r. Benoit, 1981: 37, f. 9 (Dm).

f sagittatus Giltay, 1935....................Sulawesi
C. s. Giltay, 1935c: 12, f. 7-8 (Df).

mf saltensis Strand, 1909....................Argentina, Bolivia
C. s. Strand, 1909h: 299 (Dm).
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 157, f. 52 (Df).
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 157, f. 52 (Df).

mf sanctaecatharinae Strand, 1916....................Brazil
C. sanctae-catharinae Strand, 1916b: 131 (Dmf).

f sanguineus Walckenaer, 1837....................Brazil
C. s. Walckenaer, 1837: 365 (Df).
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 12, pl. 1, f. 24 (f).

f sarawakensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Borneo
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 346, pl. 4, f. 3 (Df).

f satanas Strand, 1909....................Ecuador
C. s. Strand, 1909h: 320 (Df).

j scenicus Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
C. s. Caporiacco, 1947a: 27 (Dj).
C. s. Caporiacco, 1948a: 680, f. 100 (j).

j schneideri Strand, 1906....................West Africa
C. s. Strand, 1906h: 84 (Dj).

f semiornatus Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 526, f. 7-8 (Df).

f senex Mello-Leitão, 1929....................Brazil, Guyana
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 98, f. 8 (Df).

mf serratipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 87, f. 6c, 7d (Dmf).

m serrichelis Mello-Leitão, 1922....................Brazil
C. s. Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 41 (Dm).

f sexmaculatus Roewer, 1961....................Senegal
C. s. Roewer, 1961b: 66, f. 23a-c (Df).

f siankaan Alayón, 2002....................Mexico
C. s. Alayón, 2002d: 13, f. 3-4 (Df).

mf sikkimensis Gravely, 1931....................India
C. s. Gravely, 1931: 232, f. 1D, 2F-H (Dmf).
C. s. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 121, f. 11A-D (mf).

m silvaticus Benoit, 1981....................Congo
C. s. Benoit, 1981: 39, f. 10 (Dm).

f similis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Brazil
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 84, pl. 3, f. 1c, 4a (Df).
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 112, pl. 8, f. 5-6 (f).
C. s. Eickstedt, 1983b: 172, f. 1, 4 (f).

m simplex Thorell, 1897....................Myanmar
C. s. Thorell, 1897b: 16 (Dm).

mf sinuatipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Panama, Costa Rica
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 84, pl. 3, f. 1b, 4d, 6e, 7f (Dmf).
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 112, pl. 8, f. 5-6 (mf).
C. s. Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 160, f. 81 (m).

mf smythiesi Simon, 1897....................India
C. s. Simon, 1897g: 259 (Dm).
C. s. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 119, f. 10A-C (f).

mf somaliensis Benoit, 1979....................Somalia
C. s. Benoit, 1979c: 574, f. 2C-D (Dmf).

mf spectabilis Lessert, 1921....................Central, East Africa
C. s. Lessert, 1921: 422, f. 56-58 (Dmf).
C. s. Benoit, 1979b: 431, f. 5, 19 (mf).

m spiculus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Colombia
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 86, pl. 3, f. 7h (Dm).

m spiralis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Costa Rica
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 112, pl. 8, f. 4 (Dm).

f supinus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900....................Costa Rica
C. s. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 110, pl. 7, f. 33 (Df).

j syriacus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872....................Israel
C. s. O. P.-Cambridge, 1872a: 320 (Dj).

mf taeniatus Keyserling, 1891....................Brazil, Argentina
C. t. Keyserling, 1891: 151, pl. 4, f. 104 (Dm).
C. thomasi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 403, pl. 7, f. 1-2 (Df).
C. binotatus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 6, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df).
C. gynheraldicus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 8, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df).
C. albovittatus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 74, f. 56-58 (Dm).
Oligoctenus t. Lehtinen, 1967: 254 (Tf from Ctenus, rejected).
C. t. Eickstedt, 1978: 213, f. 1-4 (m, Sf).

f tamerlani Roewer, 1951....................Myanmar
C. trabifer Thorell, 1895: 214 (f, misidentified, per Roewer).
C. trabifer F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 332, pl. 4, f. 14 (f, misidentified, per Roewer).
C. trabifer Gravely, 1931: 234, f. 3A (f, misidentified, per Roewer).
C. tamerlani Roewer, 1951: 446 (Df).

m taperae Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
C. t. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 13, pl. 3, f. 25-26 (Dm).

f tarsalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902....................Brazil
C. t. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 404, pl. 7, f. 9 (Df).

f tatarendensis Tullgren, 1905....................Bolivia
C. t. Tullgren, 1905: 48, pl. 7, f. 22 (Df).

f tenuipes Denis, 1955....................Guinea
C. t. Denis, 1955c: 1028, f. 5 (Df).

mf thorelli F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897....................Sri Lanka
C. thorellii F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 342, pl. 4, f. 2, 15, 27 (Dmf).
C. t. Gravely, 1931: 234, f. 2E (f).
C. t. Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 122, f. 12A-D (mf).

m transvaalensis Benoit, 1981....................South Africa
C. t. Benoit, 1981: 34, f. 4 (Dm).

m tumidulus (Simon, 1887)....................Myanmar
Leptoctenus t. Simon, 1887i: 108 (Dj).
Leptoctenus t. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 339 (Dm).
C. t. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 414.

f tuniensis Patel & Reddy, 1988....................India
C. t. Patel & Reddy, 1988: 103, f. 1a-e (Df).

mf uluguruensis Benoit, 1979....................Tanzania
C. u. Benoit, 1979b: 438, f. 13, 23 (Dmf).

mf undulatus Steyn & Van der Donckt, 2002....................Ivory Coast
C. u. Steyn & Van der Donckt, in Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2002: 159, f. 64-69, 89 (Dmf).

mf unilineatus Simon, 1897....................St. Vincent
C. u. Simon, 1897d: 880 (Dmf).
C. u. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902b: 406, pl. 7, f. 3-5 (mf).
Phoneutria unilineata Lehtinen, 1967: 258 (Tmf from Ctenus).
C. u. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 77 (rejected T).

f vagus Blackwall, 1866....................West Africa
C. v. Blackwall, 1866: 451 (Df).

f validus Denis, 1955....................Guinea
C. v. Denis, 1955c: 1029, f. 6-7 (Df).

mf valverdiensis Peck, 1981....................USA
C. v. Peck, 1981: 164, f. 18-19 (Df).
C. v. Sissom, Peck & Cokendolpher, 1999: 261, f. 3-5, 7-9 (Dm).

f valvularis (Hasselt, 1882)....................Java, Sumatra
Leptoctenus v. Hasselt, 1882: 45, pl. 5, f. 12 (Df).
C. v. Thorell, 1892c: 135.
C. v. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897c: 338, pl. 4, f. 16 (f).

m vatovae Caporiacco, 1940....................Ethiopia
C. v. Caporiacco, 1940c: 844, f. 42 (Dm).
C. vatovai Benoit, 1981: 42, f. 14 (m).

mf velox Blackwall, 1865....................Central, East, Southern Africa
C. v. Blackwall, 1865b: 336 (Df).
Phoneutria melanogastra Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 36, pl. 1, f. 14 (Dmf).
C. v. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 15, pl. 3, f. 1-2 (f).
C. marshalli F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 26, pl. 4, f. 12-13 (Dm).
C. melanogaster Strand, 1907n: 694.
C. melanogaster Arts, 1912: 196, pl. 1, f. 14 (mf).
C. immortalis Arts, 1912: 202, pl. 2, f. 25 (Dmf).
C. melanogastra Hyatt, 1954: 884 (S).
C. v. Benoit, 1977n: 700, f. 2A-D (f, Sm).

mf vernalis Bryant, 1940....................Cuba
C. v. Bryant, 1940: 383, pl. 11, f. 150, 156, pl. 12, f. 158 (Dmf).

m vespertilio Mello-Leitão, 1941....................Colombia
C. v. Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 281, f. 12 (Dm).

mf villasboasi Mello-Leitão, 1949....................Ecuador, Brazil
C. v. Mello-Leitão, 1949: 11, f. 12 (Dm).
C. v. Eickstedt, 1983a: 164, f. 3-6, 8 (f).
C. v. Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994: 85, f. 3a-b, 4a (f, Dm).
C. v. Silva, 2003: 51, f. 20d-e, 22b (mf).

f vividus Blackwall, 1865....................Central Africa
C. v. Blackwall, 1865b: 337 (Df).
C. v. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1898a: 16 (Df).

m walckenaeri Griffith, 1833....................possibly South America
C. walckenaerii Griffith, 1833: 417, pl. 13 (m).

f w-notatus Petrunkevitch, 1925....................Panama
C. w. Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 158, f. 79-80 (Df).

mf yaeyamensis Yoshida, 1998....................Taiwan, Japan
C. y. Yoshida, 1998b: 117, f. 1-5 (Dmf).

Gen. Cupiennius Simon, 1891

Transferred to other genera:
C. argentinus (Holmberg, 1881) -- see Ancylometes.
C. diplocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Ancylometes.

In synonymy:
C. ahrensi Schmidt, 1961 (T from Ancylometes, contra Lucas, 1964) = C. salei (Keyserling, 1877) (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 346).
C. anclatus (Franganillo, 1931, T from Ctenus) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Alayón, 2002c: 138).
C. arboreus Franganillo, 1935 = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 350).
C. costaericae Strand, 1910 = C. coccineus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 343).
C. cuminamensis (Mello-Leitão, 1930, T from Ctenus) = C. celerrimus Simon, 1891 (Brescovit & Eickstedt, 1995: 642).
C. dolomedes (Chamberlin, 1925, T from Ctenus) = C. granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 352).
C. exterritorialis Strand, 1910 = C. coccineus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 343).
C. gigas (Franganillo, 1931, T from Ctenus) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Alayón, 2002c: 138).
C. griseus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 = C. getazi Simon, 1891 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 341).
C. guatemalicus Strand, 1910 = C. foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 355).
C. harzi Schmidt, 1964 = C. foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 355).
C. impressus (Franganillo, 1930, T from Ctenus) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Alayón, 2002c: 138).
C. medius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 = C. granadensis (Keyserling, 1877) (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 352).
C. minimus Banks, 1909 = C. foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 355).
C. obscurus Bryant, 1940 = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 350).
C. panamensis Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985 = C. valentinei (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 354).
C. pediculatus (Franganillo, 1946, T from Ctenus) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Alayón, 2002c: 138).
C. pilosus (Franganillo, 1930) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 350).
C. subfoliatus Strand, 1910 = C. foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 355).
C. variabilis (Franganillo, 1931, T from Ctenus) = C. cubae Strand, 1910 (Alayón, 2002c: 138).

mf celerrimus Simon, 1891....................Venezuela, Brazil
C. c. Simon, 1891a: 111 (Df).
Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 64, f. 24-25 (Df).
Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 5 (f).
C. c. Brescovit & Eickstedt, 1995: 642, f. 1-6 (mf, S).
C. c. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 137, f. 14, 20, 28 (mf).

mf coccineus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901....................Costa Rica, Panama
C. c. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901a: 307, pl. 29, f. 18 (Df).
C. exterritorialis Strand, 1909h: 295 (Dm).
C. costaericae Strand, 1909i: 424 (Df).
C. c. Schmidt, 1964: 121, f. 2 (f).
C. c. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 343, f. 11-15, 41b, 42b (mf, S).
C. c. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 136, f. 7, 14, 16, 24 (mf).

mf cubae Strand, 1910....................Cuba, Costa Rica to Venezuela
C. c. Strand, 1909i: 424 (Df).
Ctenus impressus Franganillo, 1930: 33 (Dm).
Ctenus anclatus Franganillo, 1931: 287 (Df).
Ctenus gigas Franganillo, 1931: 287 (Df).
Ctenus variabilis Franganillo, 1931: 287 (Df).
C. arboreus Franganillo, 1935: 27, f. 8-11 (Dmf).
C. arboreus Franganillo, 1936c: 100, f. 52-54 (f).
C. pilosus Franganillo, 1935: 28 (D).
C. obscurus Bryant, 1940: 384, f. 136, 161 (Dmf).
Ctenus pediculatus Franganillo, 1946: 99, f. 4c (Dmf).
Ctenus gigas Franganillo, 1946: 100 (Dm).
C. c. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 350, f. 21-25, 41f, 42f (mf, S).
C. c. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 136, f. 9, 14, 18, 26 (mf).
C. c. Alayón, 2002c: 138 (S).

mf foliatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901....................Costa Rica, Panama
C. f. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901a: 307, pl. 30, f. 1-2 (Dmf).
C. minimus Banks, 1909a: 215, pl. 6, f. 27 (Df).
C. subfoliatus Strand, 1909h: 293 (Dm).
C. guatemalicus Strand, 1910e: 14 (Df).
C. harzi Schmidt, 1964: 121, f. 1 (Df).
C. f. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 355, f. 31-35, 41d, 42d (mf, S).
C. f. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 137, f. 14, 22, 31 (mf).

mf getazi Simon, 1891 *....................Costa Rica, Panama
C. g. Simon, 1891a: 110 (Df).
C. griseus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901a: 307 (Df).
C. g. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 341, f. 3-4, 6-10, 41c, 42c (mf, S).
C. g. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 136, f. 8, 14, 17, 25 (mf).

mf granadensis (Keyserling, 1877)....................Costa Rica to Colombia
Ctenus g. Keyserling, 1877a: 682, pl. 8, f. 51-52 (Df).
C. g. Petrunkevitch, 1911: 479.
Ctenus dolomedes Chamberlin, 1925d: 219 (Dm).
C. medius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 14, pl. 2, f. 13-14 (Dm).
Ancylometes g. Lucas, 1964: 133 (Tf from Cupiennius, rejected).
C. g. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 352, f. 26-30, 41e, 42e (Tmf from Ancylometes, S).
C. g. Brescovit & Eickstedt, 1995: 642, f. 7-8 (m).
C. g. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 137, f. 14, 19, 27 (mf).

mf remedius Barth & Cordes, 1998....................Guatemala
C. r. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 134, f. 3-5, 14, 22, 30 (Dmf).

mf salei (Keyserling, 1877)....................Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola
Ctenus s. Keyserling, 1877a: 685, pl. 2, f. 53 (Dmf).
Phoneutria oculifera Karsch, 1879a: 350, f. 2 (Df).
Ctenus oculatus Simon, 1891a: 110 (Df).
Ctenus mordicus O. P.-Cambridge, 1892b: 100, pl. 13, f. 6-7 (Dmf).
C. sallei F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901a: 306, pl. 29, f. 16-17 (mf).
C. sallei Bryant, 1948b: 402, f. 95 (f).
C. ahrensi Schmidt, 1961: 58, 4 figs. (Df).
C. s. Melchers, 1963: 18, f. 7-9, 14-15 (mf).
Ancylometes ahrensi Lucas, 1964: 134 (Tf from Cupiennius, rejected).
C. s. Tyschchenko, 1971: 13, f. 19-22 (mf).
C. s. Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 346, f. 5, 16-20, 41a, 42a (mf, S).
C. s. Barth & Cordes, 1998: 136, f. 6, 14-15, 23 (mf).

mf valentinei (Petrunkevitch, 1925)....................Panama
Ancylometes v. Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 162, f. 83-85 (Dmf).
C. panamensis Lachmuth, Grasshoff & Barth, 1985: 358, f. 36-40, 41g, 42g (Dmf).
C. panamensis Barth & Cordes, 1998: 136, f. 12, 14, 21, 29 (mf).
C. v. Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 354 (Tmf from Ancylometes, S).

Gen. Diallomus Simon, 1897

N.B.: transferred from the Zoridae by Silva, 2003: 32, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 228; not a senior synonym of Elassoctenus Simon, 1909 (Silva, 2003: 32, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 228).

j fuliginosus Simon, 1897 *....................Sri Lanka
D. f. Simon, 1897a: 119, f. 112-113 (Dj).

f speciosus Simon, 1897....................Sri Lanka
D. s. Simon, 1897a: 119 (Df).

Gen. Enoploctenus Simon, 1897

In synonymy:
E. scopulifer Strand, 1908 = E. cyclothorax (Bertkau, 1880) (Bücherl, 1952a: 30).

mf cyclothorax (Bertkau, 1880) *....................Brazil
Ctenus c. Bertkau, 1880a: 56, pl. 1, f. 18 (Dm).
Caloctenus c. Keyserling, 1891: 143.
E. germaini Simon, 1897b: 495 (Dj).
E. germaini Simon, 1897a: 118, f. 107-108.
E. scopulifer Strand, 1908d: 6 (Df).
E. janeiroensis Strand, 1909i: 417 (Dj).
E. geralensis Strand, 1909i: 418 (Df).
E. zonatulus Strand, 1909i: 422 (Dj).
E. wolfi Strand, 1916b: 133 (Df).
E. c. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 23.
E. zonatulus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 24, pl. 2, f. 44 (Dmf).
E. c. Bücherl, 1952a: 30, f. 10-22 (mf, S).

mf maculipes Strand, 1909....................Brazil
E. m. Strand, 1909i: 420 (Df).
E. rondoni Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 42 (Df).
E. fallax Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 42 (Df).
E. strandi Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 24, pl. 4, f. 45-46 (Dm).
E. m. Bücherl, 1952a: 9, 31, f. 1-4.

m morbidus Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
E. m. Mello-Leitão, 1939h: 287, f. 3-4 (Dm).
E. m. Bücherl, 1952a: 31.

m pedatissimus Strand, 1909....................Ecuador, Brazil
E. p. Strand, 1909i: 415 (Dm).
E. p. Bücherl, 1952a: 7, 31.

Gen. Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936

f kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
G. k. Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Df).
G. k. Caporiacco, 1948a: 684, f. 102 (f).

j parvus Caporiacco, 1947....................Guyana
G. p. Caporiacco, 1947a: 28 (Dj).

m philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936 *....................Brazil
G. p. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 26, pl. 2, f. 49 (Dm).

j vachoni Caporiacco, 1955....................Venezuela
G. v. Caporiacco, 1955: 398 (Dj).

Gen. Horioctenoides Main, 1954

H. Main, 1954: 42, type H. bidentatus Main, 1954; N.B.: see Forster & Wilton, 1973: 293, f. 1028, 1034-1038 for description of a species from New Zealand.

f bidentatus Main, 1954 *....................Western Australia
H. b. Main, 1954: 42, pl. 3, f. 1-4, 6-7 (Df).

Gen. Incasoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1942

f perplexus Mello-Leitão, 1942 *....................Peru
I. p. Mello-Leitão, 1942a: 433, f. 7 (Df).

Gen. Isoctenus Bertkau, 1880

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 by Lehtinen, 1967: 241.

m eupalaestrus Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
I. e. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 18, pl. 3, f. 39-40 (Dm).
Ctenus e. Roewer, 1955c: 649.

f foliifer Bertkau, 1880 *....................Brazil
I. foliiferus Bertkau, 1880a: 61 (Dj).
Ctenus foliiferus Keyserling, 1891: 154.
I. foliiferus Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 19, pl. 1, f. 41 (Df).
I. foliiferus Lehtinen, 1967: 241 (Tf from Ctenus).

f janeirus (Walckenaer, 1837)....................Brazil
Ctenus j. Walckenaer, 1837: 364 (Df).
Ctenus cinnamoneus C. L. Koch, 1847: 58, f. 1457 (Dj).
I. j. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 20, pl. 2, f. 42 (f).

j latevittatus Caporiacco, 1954....................French Guiana
I. l. Caporiacco, 1954: 125 (Dj).

m masculus Mello-Leitão, 1939....................Brazil
I. m. Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 527, f. 9-10 (Dm).

m sigma Schenkel, 1953....................Venezuela
I. s. Schenkel, 1953a: 35, f. 31a-b (Dm).

f strandi Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
I. s. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 20, pl. 2, f. 43 (Df).

Gen. Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915

Transferred to other genera:
I. amica Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Asthenoctenus.
I. isolata Bryant, 1942 -- see Trujillina.

f modesta Mello-Leitão, 1915 *....................Brazil
I. m. Mello-Leitão, 1915a: 140 (Df).

Gen. Janusia Gray, 1973

J. Gray, 1973: 207, type J. muiri Gray, 1973; N.B.: transferred here from the Miturgidae by Gray, 1989: 88.

f muiri Gray, 1973 *....................Western Australia
J. m. Gray, 1973: 207, f. 1-4 (Df).

Gen. Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 by Lehtinen, 1967: 244.

Transferred to other genera:
L. lycosinus Simon, 1896 -- see Anahita.

m agalenoides L. Koch, 1878 *....................Australia
L. a. L. Koch, 1878a: 994, pl. 87, f. 1 (Dm).
Ctenus agelenoides Simon, 1897a: 111.
L. a. Lehtinen, 1967: 244 (Tm from Ctenus).

mf byrrhus Simon, 1888....................USA, Mexico
L. b. Simon, 1888b: 210 (Df).
Ctenus b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900: 113, pl. 8, f. 9 (f).
L. b. Peck, 1981: 166, f. 20-21, 24-25 (Tmf from Ctenus).

f daoxianensis Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000....................China
L. d. Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000: 95, f. 6-9 (Df).

mf gertschi Peck, 1981....................Mexico
L. g. Peck, 1981: 167, f. 22-23, 26-27 (Dmf).

m sonoraensis Peck, 1981....................Mexico
L. s. Peck, 1981: 167, f. 28-29 (Dm).

Gen. Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961

M. Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 10, type M. leitaoi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961.

m leitaoi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961 *....................Argentina
M. leitão Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 10, f. 4 (Dm).

Gen. Nemoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973

N. Forster & Wilton, 1973: 290, type Argoctenus aureus Hogg, 1911.

mf aureus (Hogg, 1911) *....................New Zealand
Argoctenus a. Hogg, 1911: 306, f. 94 (Df).
Argoctenus aurens Bryant, 1935d: 84, pl. 12, f. 17, pl. 13, f. 33 (f).
N. aurens Forster & Wilton, 1973: 291, f. 1030-1033, 1043-1046 (Tf from Argoctenus, Dm).

Gen. Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Mesoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (preoccupied) and a senior synonym of Leitanoctenus Soares & Camargo, 1949 (removed from the synonymy of Acanthoctenus Keyserling) by Lehtinen, 1967: 244.

In synonymy:
N. impar (Dahl, 1901, T from Acanthoctenus) = N. marshi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Lehtinen, 1967: 252).
N. saraensis (Strand, 1909, T from Acanthoctenus, m only, f=Viracucha andicola) = N. marshi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Lehtinen, 1967: 252).

m bahiensis Mello-Leitão, 1936....................Brazil
N. b. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 25, pl. 4, f. 47-48 (Dm).

mf lineatus (Tullgren, 1905)....................Bolivia
Acanthoctenus lineatus Tullgren, 1905: 19, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dmf).
Acanthoctenus lineatus Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 191, f. 8-9 (mf).
N. l. Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (Tmf from Acanthoctenus).

mf marshi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)....................Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
Acanthoctenus m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 103, pl. 4, f. 3a, c (Df).
Acanthoctenus impar Dahl, 1901a: 188 (Df).
Acanthoctenus saraensis Strand, 1909i: 408 (Dm; not f).
Acanthoctenus m. Petrunkevitch, 1910: 206, pl. 21, f. 1 (f).
Acanthoctenus m. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 189, f. 4-5 (f, Dm).
Acanthoctenus impar Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 197, f. 13 (mf).
N. marshii Lehtinen, 1967: 252, f. 417, 419 (Tmf from Acanthoctenus, S).
N. marshii Silva, 2003: 49, f. 19c (m).

mf marshi pygmaeus Strand, 1909....................Brazil
Acanthoctenus impar p. Strand, 1909i: 404 (Dmf).

mf omega (Mello-Leitão, 1929)....................Brazil
Mesoctenus o. Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 101, f. 13 (Df).
Acanthoctenus o. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 190, f. 6-7 (f, Dm).
N. o. Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

f sericeus (Mello-Leitão, 1929)....................Brazil
Mesoctenus s. Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 100, f. 11 (Df).
Acanthoctenus s. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 200, f. 18 (f).
N. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

mf spinulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1929)....................Brazil
Mesoctenus s. Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 101, f. 12 (Dm).
Mesoctenus s. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 25 (Df).
Acanthoctenus s. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 191, f. 10-11 (mf).
Leitanoctenus s. Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 384.
N. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (Tmf from Acanthoctenus).

f stupidus Badcock, 1932 *....................Paraguay
N. s. Badcock, 1932: 31, f. 33 (Df).

Gen. Oligoctenus Simon, 1887

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 by Lehtinen, 1967: 254.

Transferred to other genera:
O. gynheraldicus (Mello-Leitão, 1936) -- see Ctenus.

mf guantanamo Alayón, 2001....................Cuba
O. g. Alayón, 2001b: 39, f. 5-8 (Dmf).

mf medius (Keyserling, 1891)....................Panama, Brazil
Ctenus m. Keyserling, 1891: 153, pl. 4, f. 106 (Df).
Ctenus m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 75, pl. 3, f. 6f, 7g (Dm).
Ctenus m. Banks, 1929: 32, pl. 4, f. 57 (f).
Ctenus m. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 10, pl. 1, f. 15 (f).
O. m. Lehtinen, 1967: 254 (Tmf from Ctenus).
Ctenus m. Bücherl, 1972: 19, f. 10c (f).

f ornatus (Keyserling, 1876) *....................Brazil
Microctenus o. Keyserling, 1877a: 687, pl. 2, f. 62 (Df).
Ctenus o. Keyserling, 1891: 146.
Ctenus o. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 12, pl. 1, f. 23 (f).
O. o. Lehtinen, 1967: 254 (Tf from Ctenus).

f ottleyi Petrunkevitch, 1930....................Puerto Rico
O. o. Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 7, f. 1-3 (Df).
O. o. Alayón, 2001b: 41, f. 9-10 (f).

mf trinidensis Alayón, 2001....................Trinidad
O. t. Alayón, 2001b: 38, f. 1-4 (Dmf).

f vehemens (Keyserling, 1891)....................Brazil
Ctenus v. Keyserling, 1891: 145, pl. 4, f. 99 (Df).
Ctenus v. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 13, pl. 1, f. 27 (f).
O. v. Lehtinen, 1967: 254 (Tf from Ctenus).

Gen. Paravulsor Mello-Leitão, 1922

f impudicus Mello-Leitão, 1922 *....................Brazil
P. i. Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 38 (Df).

Gen. Petaloctenus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997

P. Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 108, type P. bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997.

mf bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 *....................Ivory Coast
P. b. Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 109, f. 1-11, 17-19, 21-24 (Dmf).
P. b. Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 75, f. 10, 12 (mf).

f clathratus (Thorell, 1899)....................Cameroon
Ctenus c. Thorell, 1899: 79 (Df).
Ctenus c. Benoit, 1980: 113, f. 3 (f).
P. c. Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 115, f. 16 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. c. Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 76, f. 13 (f).

mf cupido Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001....................Guinea
P. c. Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 71, f. 1-6 (Dmf).

f lunatus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001....................Nigeria
P. l. Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 74, f. 7-8 (Df).

mf songan Jocqué & Steyn, 1997....................Ivory Coast
P. s. Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 113, f. 12-14, 20 (Dmf).
P. s. Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001: 75, f. 9, 11 (mf).

Gen. Phoneutria Perty, 1833

N.B.: considered valid by all recent authors; see Lehtinen, 1967: 258.

Transferred to other genera:
P. niveobarbata Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Ancylometes.
P. unilineata (Simon, 1897) -- see Ctenus.

In synonymy:
P. andrewsi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) = P. reidyi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32, contra Eickstedt, Lucas & Bücherl, 1969: 70).
P. chilesica (Strand, 1916, T from Ctenus) = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74).
P. colombiana Schmidt, 1956 = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 36).
P. depilata (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74).
P. forcipata (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Ctenus) = P. reidyi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 75).
P. keyserlingi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) = P. nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 72).
P. luederwaldti (Mello-Leitão, 1927) = P. nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891) (Eickstedt, 1981: 118, sub P. keyserlingi, contra Eickstedt & Lucas, 1969: 76).
P. nigriventroides (Strand, 1907) = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74).
P. paca (Mello-Leitão, 1922) = P. nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891) (Eickstedt & Lucas, 1969: 75).
P. pertyi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) = P. nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 72).
P. rufichelis (Mello-Leitão, 1917) = P. nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 73).
P. signativenter (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74).
P. sus (Strand, 1910) = P. fera Perty, 1833 (Eickstedt, 1983c: 184).
P. valdehirsutula (Strand, 1909, T from Ctenus) = P. boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897) (Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74).

Nomina dubia:
P. rufibarbis Perty, 1833: 197, pl. 9, f. 2 (f, Brazil) -- Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 78 (but see C. L. Koch, 1847: 63, f. 1461; Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 18, pl. 1, f. 38; Eickstedt, Lucas & Bücherl, 1969: 69, f. 2-4).
P. ochracea C. L. Koch, 1847: 62, f. 1460 (m, Brazil) -- Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 78.

Nomen nudum:
P. holmbergi Bücherl -- Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32.

mf bahiensis Simó & Brescovit, 2001....................Brazil
P. b. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 75, f. 18-21, 26 (Dmf).

mf boliviensis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)....................Central, South America
Ctenus b. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 80, pl. 3, f. 3a-c (Dmf).
Ctenus nigriventroides Strand, 1907g: 426 (Df).
Ctenus signativenter Strand, 1909h: 305 (Dm).
Ctenus valdehirsutulus Strand, 1909h: 318 (Df).
Ctenus peregrinoides Strand, 1909h: 318 (f, provisional name only, misidentified).
Ctenus depilatus Strand, 1909i: 413 (Dm).
Ctenus chilesicus Strand, 1916b: 128 (Df).
P. b. Schmidt, 1954: 414, f. 7a-b (f).
P. colombiana Schmidt, 1956a: 28, f. 3 (Df).
P. b. Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 49 (Tmf from Ctenus).
P. nigriventroides Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 59 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. b. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 34, f. 4-8 (mf, S).
P. b. Valerio, 1983: 101, f. 2 (f).
P. b. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 74, f. 6, 16, 22 (mf, S).

mf fera Perty, 1833 *....................Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Surinam, Guyana
P. f. Perty, 1833: 197, pl. 39, f. 3 (Df).
Ctenus ferus Walckenaer, 1837: 370.
P. f. C. L. Koch, 1847: 60, f. 1459 (f, Dm).
Ctenus sus Strand, 1909h: 300 (Dm).
P. f. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 16, pl. 1, f. 32, pl. 3, f. 33 (mf).
P. f. Schmidt, 1954: 419, f. 12a-b (f).
P. f. Melchers, 1963: 23, f. 11 (Tmf from Ctenus).
P. f. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1966: 675, f. 5-8, 11-12, 15-16 (mf).
P. f. Eickstedt, 1969: 33, f. 1-4 (m).
P. sus Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 65 (Tm from Ctenus).
P. f. Eickstedt, Lucas & Bücherl, 1969: 68, f. 1 (f).
P. f. Eickstedt, 1983c: 183, f. 1, 3, 5, 7-8 (mf, S).
P. f. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 71, f. 8-9, 14, 25 (mf).

mf nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891)....................Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
Ctenus rufibarbis Keyserling, 1881b: 576, pl. 16, f. 22 (f, misidentified).
Ctenus n. Keyserling, 1891: 144, pl. 4, f. 98 (Df).
Ctenus keyserlingii F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 76, 81, pl. 3, f. 2c (D).
Ctenus n. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 76, pl. 3, f. 2d (f).
Ctenus pertyi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 76, 80 (Df).
Ctenus n. Strand, 1909h: 296 (Dm).
Ctenus rufichelis Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 97, f. 15-16 (Dm).
Ctenus paca Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 41 (Df).
Ctenus luederwaldti Mello-Leitão, 1927c: 403 (Df).
P. n. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 16, pl. 1, f. 36, pl. 3, f. 34-35 (mf).
P. luederwaldti Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 18.
P. paca Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 18.
P. fera Bücherl, 1952b: 135 (S, rejected).
P. n. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1966: 675, f. 1-4, 9-10, 13-14 (Tmf from Ctenus).
P. luederwaldti Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 55 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. paca Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 61 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. rufichelis Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 64 (Tm from Ctenus).
P. n. Eickstedt & Lucas, 1969: 75, f. 1-2 (f, S).
P. n. Bücherl, 1972: 19, f. 10a (f).
P. n. Eickstedt, 1981: 106, f. 1, 3, 5, 7-10 (mf).
P. keyserlingi Eickstedt, 1981: 118, f. 2, 4, 6, 8-10 (removed mf from S of P. fera, S).
P. n. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 72, f. 3-4, 7, 10-13, 15, 24 (mf, S).

mf reidyi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)....................Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Guyana
Ctenus r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 78, pl. 3, f. 1a, 2a (Df).
Ctenus andrewsi F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 79, pl. 3, f. 2b (Df).
Ctenus forcipatus Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 39 (Df).
P. andrewsi Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 15, pl. 1, f. 31 (f).
P. ochracea Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 17, pl. 3, f. 37 (m, misidentified).
P. r. Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 18.
P. andrewsi Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 48 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. r. Bücherl, Lucas & Eickstedt, 1969: 61 (Tf from Ctenus).
P. rufibarbis Eickstedt, Lucas & Bücherl, 1969: 70 (S, rejected).
P. r. Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1973a: 32, f. 1-3 (f, removed from S).
P. r. Eickstedt, 1983c: 188, f. 2, 4, 6 (mf).
P. r. Simó & Brescovit, 2001: 75, f. 17, 23 (mf, S).

Gen. Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897

Transferred to other genera:
P. kollari Reimoser, 1939 -- see Acanthoctenus.

f comosus Simon, 1897 *....................Brazil
P. c. Simon, 1897b: 495 (Df).
P. c. Simon, 1897a: 116, f. 106.

m sassii Reimoser, 1939....................Costa Rica
P. s. Reimoser, 1939: 364, f. 10 (Dm).

f tristani Reimoser, 1939....................Costa Rica
P. t. Reimoser, 1939: 365, f. 11 (Df).

Gen. Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949

f meneghettii Caporiacco, 1949 *....................Kenya
P. m. Caporiacco, 1949a: 448, f. 78 (Df).

Gen. Thoriosa Simon, 1910

In synonymy:
T. drassina Simon, 1910 = T. fulvastra Simon, 1910 (Benoit, 1976b: 223).
T. leonina Simon, 1910 = T. fulvastra Simon, 1910 (Benoit, 1976b: 223).

f fulvastra Simon, 1910 *....................São Tomé, Principe, Sierra Leone
T. f. Simon, 1910c: 360 (Df).
T. drassina Simon, 1910c: 361 (Df).
T. leonina Simon, 1910c: 361 (Df).
T. f. Benoit, 1976b: 223, f. 1-3 (f, S).

f spadicea (Simon, 1910)....................São Tomé, Principe
Ctenus spadiceus Simon, 1910c: 355, f. 10 (Df).
T. s. Benoit, 1976b: 225, f. 4-5 (Tf from Ctenus).

mf spinivulva (Simon, 1910)....................São Tomé
Ctenus s. Simon, 1910c: 356, f. 11 (Dmf).
T. s. Benoit, 1976b: 226, f. 6-8 (Tmf from Ctenus).

mf taurina (Simon, 1910)....................São Tomé, Annobón Is.
Ctenus taurinus Simon, 1910c: 357, f. 12 (Dmf).
T. t. Benoit, 1976b: 226, f. 9-11 (Tmf from Ctenus).

Gen. Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 and therefore not listed by Roewer; elevated to genus implicitly by Lehtinen, 1967: 272, explicitly by Benoit, 1976b: 226.

f fagei (Lessert, 1935) *....................Congo
Ctenus f. Lessert, 1935: 326, f. 1-3 (Df).
T. f. Benoit, 1976b: 226, f. 12-13 (Tf from Ctenus).

Gen. Trujillina Bryant, 1948

m hursti (Bryant, 1948)....................Hispaniola
Odo h. Bryant, 1948b: 403, pl. 9, f. 87 (Dm).
T. h. Lehtinen, 1967: 272 (Tm from Odo).

mf isolata (Bryant, 1942)....................Puerto Rico
Itatiaya i. Bryant, 1942b: 9, pl. 2, f. 18, 21 (Dmf).
T. i. Lehtinen, 1967: 272 (Tmf from Itatiaya).
T. i. Silva, 2003: 42, f. 14a-c (m).

mf spinipes Bryant, 1948 *....................Hispaniola
T. s. Bryant, 1948b: 405, pl. 9, f. 84-85 (Df).
T. s. Alayón, 1995c: 2, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (f, Dm).

Gen. Tuticanus Simon, 1897

f cruciatus Simon, 1897 *....................Ecuador
T. c. Simon, 1897b: 494 (Df).
T. c. Simon, 1897a: 114.

f major (Keyserling, 1879)....................Peru
Caloctenus m. Keyserling, 1879: 337, pl. 4, f. 31 (Df).
T. m. Petrunkevitch, 1911: 525.

Gen. Viracucha Lehtinen, 1967

V. Lehtinen, 1967: 274, type Acanthoctenus andicola Simon, 1906.

In synonymy:
V. bahiensis (Strand, 1910, T from Acanthoctenus) = V. paraguayensis (Strand, 1909) (Lehtinen, 1967: 274).

mf andicola (Simon, 1906) *....................Bolivia
Acanthoctenus a. Simon, 1906b: 291, f. 2D-E (Dmf).
Acanthoctenus saraensis Strand, 1909i: 408 (m only, f=Nothroctenus marshii).
V. a. Lehtinen, 1967: 274, f. 415-416, 421 (Tmf from Acanthoctenus).

f exilis (Mello-Leitão, 1936)....................Brazil
Acanthoctenus e. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 198, f. 14-15 (Dmf).
V. e. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tf from Acanthoctenus, not m, =Nothroctenus sp.).

f misionesicus (Mello-Leitão, 1945)....................Argentina
Acanthoctenus m. Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 256, f. 40 (Df).
V. m. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

f paraguayensis (Strand, 1909)....................Brazil, Paraguay
Acanthoctenus p. Strand, 1909i: 406 (Df).
Acanthoctenus bahiensis Strand, 1909i: 407 (Df).
V. p. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tf from Acanthoctenus, S).

f ridleyi (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897)....................Brazil
Acanthoctenus r. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897b: 103, pl. 4, f. 3e (Df).
Acanthoctenus r. Mello-Leitão, 1936c: 199, f. 17 (f).
V. r. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

f silvicola (Soares & Soares, 1946)....................Brazil
Acanthoctenus s. Soares & Soares, 1946a: 53, f. 1-2 (Df).
Acanthoctenus s. Soares & Soares, 1946a: 53, f. 1-2 (Df).
V. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tf from Acanthoctenus).

Gen. Viridasius Simon, 1889

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Vulsor Simon, 1888 by Lehtinen, 1967: 274.

mf fasciatus (Lenz, 1886) *....................Madagascar
Phoneutria fasciata Lenz, 1886: 404, pl. 10, f. 7 (Dmf).
V. pulchripes Simon, 1889b: 233 (Dm).
Vulsor f. Simon, 1897a: 127, f. 127-131 (m).
V. f. Lehtinen, 1967: 274 (Tmf from Vulsor).
V. pulchripes Silva, 2003: 49, f. 19a (m).

Gen. Vulsor Simon, 1889

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Viridasius Simon, 1889 (Lehtinen, 1967: 274).

Transferred to other genera:
V. fasciatus (Lenz, 1886) -- see Viridasius.

f bidens Simon, 1889 *....................Comoro Is.
V. b. Simon, 1889b: 233 (Df).
V. b. Simon, 1897a: 131, f. 123.

m isaloensis (Ono, 1993)....................Madagascar
Anahita i. Ono, 1993a: 58, f. 1-5 (Dm).
V. i. Silva, 2003: 32 (Tm from Anahita).

m occidentalis Mello-Leitão, 1922....................Brazil
V. o. Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 37 (Dm).

f penicillatus Simon, 1896....................Madagascar
V. p. Simon, 1896g: 334 (Df).

f quartus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
V. q. Strand, 1907d: 738 (Df).

f quintus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
V. q. Strand, 1907d: 739 (Df).

f septimus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
V. s. Strand, 1907d: 739 (Df).

f sextus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
V. s. Strand, 1907d: 739 (Df).

Gen. Wiedenmeyeria Schenkel, 1953

W. Schenkel, 1953a: 39, type W. falconensis Schenkel, 1953.

j falconensis Schenkel, 1953 *....................Venezuela
W. f. Schenkel, 1953a: 39 (Djm).

Gen. Zealoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973

Z. Forster & Wilton, 1973: 295, type Z. cardronaensis Forster & Wilton, 1973.

f cardronaensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 *....................New Zealand
Z. c. Forster & Wilton, 1973: 295, f. 1029, 1039-1041 (Df).