Acanthoctenus
Acanthoctenus is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female A. remotus are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about. Males only grow up to.
Species
Acanthoctenus currently contains 13 described species:- Acanthoctenus alux – Guatemala
- Acanthoctenus chickeringi – Panama
- Acanthoctenus dumicola – Venezuela
- Acanthoctenus gaujoni Simon, 1906 – Venezuela, Ecuador
- Acanthoctenus kollari – Costa Rica
- Acanthoctenus lamarrei – Panama
- Acanthoctenus manauara – Brazil
- Acanthoctenus plebejus Simon, 1906 – Venezuela, Peru
- Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1960 – Jamaica
- Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877 – Mexico to Venezuela
- Acanthoctenus spinipes Keyserling, 1877 – Guatemala to Paraguay
- Acanthoctenus torotoro – Bolivia
- Acanthoctenus virginea – El Salvador
Acanthoctenus mammifer was formerly placed in this genus, but was transferred to the genus Viracucha.