Ctenus

Ctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. It is widely distributed, from South America through Africa to East Asia.

Species

Brazilian Wandering Spider

PHYLUM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda

Observations1,767

Observations recorded374,725,944

Ctenus is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Ctenidae (kamspinnen). Soorten Ctenus abditus Arts, 1912 Ctenus acanthoctenoides Schmidt, 1956 Ctenus adustus (Keyserling, 1877) Ctenus agroecoides (Thorell, 1881) Ctenus albofasciatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 Ctenus alienus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 Ctenus amanensis Strand, 1907 Ctenus amphora Mello-Leitão, 1930 Ctenus anahitaeformis Benoit, 1981 Ctenus anahitiformis Strand, 1909 Ctenus andamanensis Gravely, 1931 Ctenus angigitanus Roewer, 1938 Ctenus angularis Roewer, 1938 Ctenus argentipes Hasselt, 1893 Ctenus aruanus Strand, 1911 Ctenus auricomus Arts, 1912 Ctenus avidus Bryant, 1948 Ctenus bahamensis Strand, 1907 Ctenus bantaengi Merian, 1911 Ctenus barbatus Thorell, 1895 Ctenus beerwaldi Strand, 1906 Ctenus bicolor (Bertkau, 1880) Ctenus bicostatus Thorell, 1890 Ctenus bigibbosus Benoit, 1980 Ctenus bilobatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 Ctenus biprocessis Strand, 1906 Ctenus blumenauensis Strand, 1909 Ctenus bolivicola Strand, 1907 Ctenus bomdilaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1981 Ctenus bowonglangi Merian, 1911 Ctenus bueanus Strand, 1916 Ctenus bulimus Strand, 1909 Ctenus calcaratus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 Ctenus calcarif

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taxon name: Ctenus
Commons category: Ctenus
taxon common name: Tropical wolf spiders
taxon author citation: Walckenaer, 1805

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Ctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. It is widely distributed, from South America through Africa to East Asia.

==Venom== Little is known about the toxic potential of the genus Ctenus; however, Ctenus medius has been shown to share some toxic properties with Phoneutria nigriventer, such as proteolytic, hyaluronidase and phospholipase activities, in addition to producing hyperalgesia and edema.