Africactenus

Africactenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Ctenidae
Genus:	Africactenus Hyatt^[1]
Type species
Africactenus agilior
Species
20, see text

Africactenus is a genus of spiders in the Ctenidae family. It was first described in 1954 by Hyatt. As of 2017, it contains 20 species ,all from Africa.^[1]

Species

Africactenus comprises the following species:^[1]

Africactenus acteninus Benoit, 1974
Africactenus agilior (Pocock, 1900)
Africactenus decorosus (Arts, 1912)
Africactenus depressus Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus evadens Steyn & Jocqué, 2003
Africactenus fernandensis (Simon, 1910)
Africactenus ghesquierei (Lessert, 1946)
Africactenus giganteus Benoit, 1974
Africactenus guineensis (Simon, 1897)
Africactenus kribiensis Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus leleupi Benoit, 1975
Africactenus longurio (Simon, 1910)
Africactenus monitor Steyn & Jocqué, 2003
Africactenus pococki Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus poecilus (Thorell, 1899)
Africactenus simoni Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus sladeni Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus tenuitarsis (Strand, 1908)
Africactenus tridentatus Hyatt, 1954
Africactenus trilateralis Hyatt, 1954

References

1 2 3 "Ctenidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

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Bold are families with more than 1000 species

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