Acanthoctenus
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Acanthoctenus is a spider genus from Central to South America. Females in A. remotus reach a body length of about 15 mm, males at the most 11 mm.
Species
- Acanthoctenus gaujoni Simon, 1906 — Venezuela, Ecuador
- Acanthoctenus kollari (Reimoser, 1939) — Costa Rica
- Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 — Panama
- Acanthoctenus mammifer Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Brazil
- Acanthoctenus obauratus Simon, 1906 — Brazil
- Acanthoctenus plebejus Simon, 1906 — Venezuela, Peru
- Acanthoctenus remotus ChickeringArthur M. ChickeringArthur Merton Chickering was a U.S. arachnologist. He was born on March 23, 1887 in North Danville, Vermont and died on May 24, 1974.He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a master of science degree in cytology and in 1927 a Ph.D. for cytological...
, 1960 — Jamaica - Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
- Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877 — Mexico to Venezuela
- Acanthoctenus spinipes Keyserling, 1877 — Guatemala to Paraguay