Wandering spider
| Wandering spiders | |
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| File:Wandering spider.jpg | |
| Phoneutria nigriventer | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877[1] |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity[2] | |
| 41 genera, 503 species | |
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The wandering spiders are the members of the spider family Ctenidae. Previously, the term referred only to the genus Phoneutria but now usually refers to the entire family Ctenidae. The members of the genus Phoneutria are highly aggressive and venomous nocturnal hunters, and are the only wandering spiders known to pose a serious danger to humans. However, the venom of some other members of this family is very poorly known,[3] meaning that all larger ctenids should be treated with caution. Some ctenids have marks and patterns that are attractive. Ctenids have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace[4] (some other spiders have a similar groove; e.g., Amaurobiidae).
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Genera
As of November 2015[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]
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- Acantheis Thorell, 1891
- Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877
- Africactenus Hyatt, 1954
- Afroneutria Polotow & Jocqué, 2015
- Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001
- Anahita Karsch, 1879
- Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880
- Apolania Simon, 1898
- Arctenus Polotow & Jocqué, 2014
- Asthenoctenus Simon, 1897
- Bengalla Gray & Thompson, 2001
- Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877
- Celaetycheus Simon, 1897
- Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929
- Chococtenus Dupérré, 2015
- Ciba Bloom et al., 2014
- Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805
- Cupiennius Simon, 1891
- Diallomus Simon, 1897
- Enoploctenus Simon, 1897
- Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936
- Incasoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1942
- Isoctenus Bertkau, 1880
- Janusia Gray, 1973
- Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878
- Mahafalytenus Silva, 2007
- Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961
- Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932
- Ohvida Polotow & Brescovit, 2009
- Parabatinga Polotow & Brescovit, 2009
- Petaloctenus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997
- Phoneutria Perty, 1833
- Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897
- Sinoctenus Marusik, Zhang & Omelko, 2012
- Thoriosa Simon, 1910
- Toca Polotow & Brescovit, 2009
- Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935
- Trujillina Bryant, 1948
- Tuticanus Simon, 1897
- Viracucha Lehtinen, 1967
- Wiedenmeyeria Schenkel, 1953
See also
References
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- ↑ Okamoto et al. (2009). Ctenus medius and Phoneutria nigriventer spiders venoms share noxious proinflammatory activities. J. Med. Entomol. 46(1): 58-66
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