Argoctenus
Genus of spiders
| Argoctenus | |
|---|---|
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| Argoctenus sp. female | |
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| Argoctenus (male palp) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Miturgidae |
| Genus: | Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. igneus L. Koch, 1878 | |
| Species | |
| 12, see text | |
Argoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders[2] first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.[3] They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.[1] They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement.[4]
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains twelve species:[1]
- Argoctenus aureus (Hogg, 1911) — New Zealand
- Argoctenus australianus (Karsch, 1878) — Australia (New South Wales)
- Argoctenus bidentatus (Main, 1954) — Australia (Western Australia)
- Argoctenus devisi Rainbow, 1898 — New Guinea
- Argoctenus gracilis (Hickman, 1950) — Australia (South Australia)
- Argoctenus hystriculus Simon, 1909 — Australia (Western Australia)
- Argoctenus igneus L. Koch, 1878 — Australia (Western Australia)
- Argoctenus nebulosus Simon, 1909 — Australia (Western Australia)
- Argoctenus pectinatus Hogg, 1900 — Australia (Victoria)
- Argoctenus pictus L. Koch, 1878 — Australia
- Argoctenus vittatus (Simon, 1889) — Australia, New Caledonia
- Argoctenus vittatus (Rainbow, 1920) — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ Atkinson, Ron. "Spider Families". The Find-a-spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Koch, L. (1878). Die Arachniden Australiens.
- ^ "Spiny legs spiders or wandering spiders: Family Zoridae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
