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Argoctenus
Sign in to saveArgoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement.
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It is catalogued under topics including Araneomorphae genera, Miturgidae and Spiders of Australia.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 847
- With media
- 51
- Family
- Miturgidae
- Collections
- MCZ, NMV, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Argoctenus
- taxon name
- Argoctenus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Argoctenus
- taxon author citation
- L. Koch, 1878
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Argoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement.
==Species== it contains twelve species: Argoctenus aureus (Hogg, 1911) — New Zealand Argoctenus australianus (Karsch, 1878) — Australia (New South Wales) Argoctenus bidentatus (Main, 1954) — Australia (Western Australia) Argoctenus devisi Rainbow, 1898 — New Guinea Argoctenus gracilis (Hickman, 1950) — Australia (South Australia) Argoctenus hystriculus Simon, 1909 — Australia (Western Australia) Argoctenus igneus L. Koch, 1878 — Australia (Western Australia) Argoctenus nebulosus Simon, 1909 — Australia (Western Australia) Argoctenus pectinatus Hogg, 1900 — Australia (Victoria) Argoctenus pictus L. Koch, 1878 — Australia Argoctenus vittatus (Simon, 1889) — Australia, New Caledonia Argoctenus vittatus (Rainbow, 1920) — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
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