Wandering spider
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 Phoneutria nigriventer
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The wandering spiders is a term used to refer to the spider family Ctenidae. Previously, the term referred only to the genus Phoneutria but now usually refers to the entire family Ctenidae. The Phoneutria genus is the only group of wandering spiders that can be a danger to humans, most notoriously the extremely aggressive and venomous spiders, Phoneutria nigriventer and Phoneutria fera. Although their range is known to occur beyond the borders of Brazil, the spiders of this genus are commonly known as Brazilian wandering spiders.
[edit] Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]
- * Acantheinae
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- Acantheis Thorell, 1891
- Africactenus Hyatt, 1954
- Enoploctenus Simon, 1897
- Petaloctenus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997
- * Acanthocteninae
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- Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877
- Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932
- Viracucha Lehtinen, 1967
- Bengalla Gray & Thompson, 2001
- * Calocteninae
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- Anahita Karsch, 1879
- Apolania Simon, 1898
- Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877
- Diallomus Simon, 1897
- Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936
- Trujillina Bryant, 1948
- * Cteninae
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- Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001
- Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880
- Asthenoctenus Simon, 1897
- Celaetycheus Simon, 1897
- Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929
- Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805
- Cupiennius Simon, 1891
- Isoctenus Bertkau, 1880
- Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878
- Thoriosa Simon, 1910
- Ctenopsis Schmidt, 1956
- Incasoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1942
- Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915
- Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961
- † Nanoctenus Wunderlich, 1988 — fossil
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- † Nanoctenus longipes Wunderlich, 1988 — dominican amber
- Paravulsor Mello-Leitão, 1922
- * Phoneutriinae
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- Phoneutria Perty, 1833
- Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897
- Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949
- Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935
- Tuticanus Simon, 1897
- * Viridasiinae
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- Viridasius Simon, 1889
- Vulsor Simon, 1889
- Wiedenmeyeria Schenkel, 1953
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- Janusia Gray, 1973
- Mahafalytenus Silva, 2007 — Madagascar (7 species)
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