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Petaloctenus

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Petaloctenus is a genus of African wandering spiders first described by Rudy Jocqué & T. Steyn in 1997.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Petaloctenus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Petaloctenus
Jocqué & Steyn, 1997[1]
Type species
P. bossema
Jocqué & Steyn, 1997
Species

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Species

As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Petaloctenus bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 (type) – Ivory Coast
  • Petaloctenus clathratus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
  • Petaloctenus cupido Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Guinea
  • Petaloctenus lunatus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Nigeria
  • Petaloctenus songan Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 – Ivory Coast

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