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
Incertae sedis:Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama Acanthoctenus obauratus Simon, 1906 – BrazilAcanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
Acanthoctenus mammifer was formerly placed in this genus, but was transferred to the genus Viracucha.