Cycloctenus
Cycloctenus is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by L. Koch in 1878.[3] Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the Cycloctenidae in 1967.[2]
| Cycloctenus | |
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| Cycloctenus sp. (female) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cycloctenidae |
| Genus: | Cycloctenus L. Koch, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. flaviceps L. Koch, 1878 | |
| Species | |
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17, see text | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Species
As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species:[1]
- Cycloctenus abyssinus Urquhart, 1890 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Cycloctenus agilis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus centralis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus cryptophilus Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Cycloctenus duplex Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus fiordensis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus flaviceps L. Koch, 1878 (type) – Australia
- Cycloctenus flavus Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Cycloctenus fugax Goyen, 1890 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus infrequens Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Cycloctenus lepidus Urquhart, 1890 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus montivagus Hickman, 1981 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Cycloctenus nelsonensis Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus paturau Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus pulcher Urquhart, 1891 – New Zealand
- Cycloctenus robustus (L. Koch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Cycloctenus westlandicus Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
References
- "Gen. Cycloctenus L. Koch, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 261.
- Koch, L. (1878). Die Arachniden Australiens.
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