Macroctenus
Macroctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by A. Henrard & Rudy Jocqué in 2017.[2]
| Macroctenus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Macroctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) | |
| Species | |
|
5, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]
- Macroctenus herbicola Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
- Macroctenus kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — West, Central Africa
- Macroctenus nimba Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
- Macroctenus occidentalis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — West Africa
- Macroctenus vandenspiegeli Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
References
- "Gen. Macroctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- Henrard, A.; Jocqué, R. (2017). "Morphological and molecular evidence for new genera in the Afrotropical Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) complex". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (1): 82–154. doi:10.1111/zoj.12461.
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