Centroctenus
Genus of spiders
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Centroctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders (family Ctenidae) first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.[2]
| Centroctenus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) | |
| Species | |
Species
As of September 2025[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted 13 species:[3]
- Centroctenus acara Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
- Centroctenus alinahui Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Ecuador
- Centroctenus auberti (Caporiacco, 1954) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
- Centroctenus brevipes (Keyserling, 1891) – South America
- Centroctenus chalkidisi Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
- Centroctenus claudia Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
- Centroctenus coloso Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Colombia
- Centroctenus danielae (Brescovit, Cizauskas & Polotow, 2022) – Brazil
- Centroctenus dourados Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
- Centroctenus irupana Brescovit, 1996 – Bolivia
- Centroctenus miriuma Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
- Centroctenus ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) (type) – Colombia, Brazil
- Centroctenus varzea Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil