Ctenus
Ctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. It is widely distributed, from South America through Africa to East Asia.
Species
it contains 222 species:- C. abditus Arts, 1912 – Congo, Tanzania
- C. adustus – Colombia
- C. agroecoides – Australia
- C. albofasciatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Brazil
- C. alienus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
- C. amanensis Strand, 1907 – East Africa
- C. amphora Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
- C. anahitaeformis Benoit, 1981 – Burundi
- C. anahitiformis Strand, 1909 – Brazil
- C. andamanensis Gravely, 1931 – India
- C. angigitanus Roewer, 1938 – New Guinea
- C. angularis Roewer, 1938 – Indonesia
- C. argentipes Hasselt, 1893 – Indonesia
- C. aruanus Strand, 1911 – Indonesia
- C. auricomus Arts, 1912 – Central, East Africa
- C. avidus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. bahamensis Strand, 1907 – Bahama Is.
- C. bantaengi Merian, 1911 – Indonesia
- C. barbatus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- C. bayeri Jäger, 2012 – Laos
- C. beerwaldi Strand, 1906 – East Africa
- C. bicolor – Brazil
- C. bicostatus Thorell, 1890 – Borneo
- C. bigibbosus Benoit, 1980 – Congo
- C. bilobatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico
- C. biprocessis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
- C. blumenauensis Strand, 1909 – Brazil
- C. bolivicola Strand, 1907 – Bolivia
- C. bomdilaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1981 – India
- C. bowonglangi Merian, 1911 – Indonesia
- C. bueanus Strand, 1916 – Cameroon
- C. calcaratus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
- C. calcarifer F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Borneo
- C. calderitas Alayón, 2002 – Mexico
- C. caligineus Arts, 1912 – Central, East Africa
- C. captiosus Gertsch, 1935 – USA
- C. capulinus – West, Central Africa
- C. catherine Polotow & Brescovit, 2012 – Jamaica
- C. cavaticus Arts, 1912 – Congo, Angola
- C. celebensis Pocock, 1897 – Indonesia
- C. celisi Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. ceylonensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Sri Lanka
- C. cladarus Jäger, 2012 – Myanmar
- C. clariventris Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
- C. coccineipes Pocock, 1903 – West, Central Africa
- C. cochinensis Gravely, 1931 – India
- C. colombianus Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia
- C. colonicus Arts, 1912 – East Africa
- C. complicatus Franganillo, 1946 – Cuba
- C. constrictus Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. convexus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- C. corniger F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – South Africa
- C. cruciatus Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba
- C. crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
- C. dangsus Reddy & Patel, 1994 – India
- C. darlingtoni Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. datus Strand, 1909 – Ecuador
- C. decemnotatus Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
- C. decorus – East Africa
- C. delesserti – Guyana
- C. denticulatus Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. dilucidus Simon, 1910 – Congo
- C. doloensis Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- C. drassoides – Colombia
- C. dreyeri Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
- C. dubius Walckenaer, 1805 – French Guiana
- C. efferatus Arts, 1912 – Congo
- C. elgonensis Benoit, 1978 – Kenya
- C. ellacomei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Suriname
- C. embolus Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. ensiger F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico
- C. esculentus Arts, 1912 – Cameroon, Congo
- C. excavatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico
- C. exlineae Peck, 1981 – USA
- C. facetus Arts, 1912 – Congo, East Africa
- C. falcatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – St. Lucia
- C. falciformis Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. falconensis Schenkel, 1953 – Venezuela
- C. fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
- C. fernandae Brescovit & Simó, 2007 – Brazil
- C. feshius Benoit, 1979 – Congo
- C. flavidus Hogg, 1922 – Vietnam
- C. floweri F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Malaysia
- C. goaensis Bastawade & Borkar, 2008 – India
- C. griseus Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
- C. guadalupei Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Guadeloupe
- C. guantanamo – Cuba
- C. gulosus Arts, 1912 – South Africa
- C. haina Alayón, 2004 – Hispaniola
- C. haitiensis Strand, 1909 – Hispaniola
- C. hibernalis Hentz, 1844 – USA
- C. hiemalis Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. himalayensis Gravely, 1931 – India
- C. holmi Benoit, 1978 – Kenya
- C. holthoffi Jäger, 2012 – Laos
- C. hosei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Borneo
- C. humilis – Nicaragua
- C. hygrophilus Benoit, 1977 – Congo
- C. idjwiensis Benoit, 1979 – Congo
- C. inaja Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994 – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- C. indicus Gravely, 1931 – India
- C. insulanus Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. jaminauensis Mello-Leitão, 1936 – Brazil
- C. jaragua Alayón, 2004 – Hispaniola
- C. javanus Pocock, 1897 – Indonesia
- C. kandyensis Kim & Ye, 2014 – Sri Lanka
- C. kapuri Tikader, 1973 – India
- C. kenyamontanus Benoit, 1978 – Kenya
- C. kipatimus Benoit, 1981 – Tanzania
- C. kochi Simon, 1897 – New Guinea
- C. lacertus Benoit, 1979 – Congo
- C. latitabundus Arts, 1912 – Central, East Africa
- C. lejeunei Benoit, 1977 – Congo
- C. leonardi Simon, 1910 – West Africa
- C. levipes Arts, 1912 – Tanzania
- C. lishuqiang Jäger, 2012 – China
- C. longicalcar Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
- C. longipes Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
- *Ctenus l. vittatissimus Strand, 1916 – Brazil
- C. lubwensis Benoit, 1979 – Congo
- C. macellarius Simon, 1910 – Congo
- C. maculatus Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
- C. maculisternis Strand, 1909 – Bolivia, Brazil
- C. magnificus Arts, 1912 – West Africa
- C. malvernensis Petrunkevitch, 1910 – Jamaica
- C. manauara Höfer, Brescovit & Gasnier, 1994 – Brazil
- C. manni Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. marginatus Walckenaer, 1847 – Fiji, Solomon Is.
- C. martensi Jäger, 2012 – Nepal
- C. medius Keyserling, 1891 – Panama, Brazil
- C. meghalayaensis Tikader, 1976 – India
- C. minimus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – North America
- C. minor F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Brazil
- C. mitchelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
- C. modestus Simon, 1897 – Tanzania
- C. monaghani Jäger, 2013 – Laos
- C. monticola Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
- C. musosanus Benoit, 1979 – Congo
- C. naranjo Alayón, 2004 – Hispaniola
- C. narashinhai Patel & Reddy, 1988 – India
- C. natmataung Jäger & Minn, 2015 – Myanmar
- C. nigritarsis – Ethiopia
- C. nigritus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Brazil
- C. nigrolineatus Berland, 1913 – Ecuador
- C. nigromaculatus Thorell, 1899 – Central, West Africa
- C. noctuabundus Arts, 1912 – Kenya
- C. obscurus – Colombia
- C. oligochronius Arts, 1912 – East Africa
- C. ornatus – Brazil
- C. ottleyi – Puerto Rico
- C. palembangensis Strand, 1906 – Indonesia
- C. paranus Strand, 1909 – Brazil
- C. parvoculatus Benoit, 1979 – South Africa
- C. parvus – Colombia
- C. paubrasil Brescovit & Simó, 2007 – Brazil
- C. pauloterrai Brescovit & Simó, 2007 – Brazil
- C. peregrinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala, Costa Rica
- *Ctenus p. sapperi Strand, 1916 – Guatemala
- C. periculosus Bristowe, 1931 – Indonesia
- C. philippinensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Philippines
- C. pilosus Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba
- C. pingu Jäger & Minn, 2015 – Myanmar
- C. pogonias Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
- C. polli Hasselt, 1893 – Indonesia
- C. potteri Simon, 1901 – Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea
- C. pulchriventris – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- C. pulvinatus Thorell, 1890 – Borneo
- C. quinquevittatus Strand, 1907 – South Africa
- C. racenisi Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
- C. ramosi Alayón, 2002 – Cuba
- C. ramosus Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar
- C. ravidus – Argentina
- C. rectipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Brazil, Guyana
- C. renivulvatus Strand, 1906 – Ghana
- C. rivulatus Pocock, 1900 – Cameroon, Gabon
- C. robustus Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar, Laos
- C. rubripes Keyserling, 1881 – Panama, Ecuador
- C. rufisternis Pocock, 1899 – Papua New Guinea
- C. rwandanus Benoit, 1981 – Rwanda
- C. saci Ono, 2010 – Vietnam
- C. sagittatus Giltay, 1935 – Indonesia
- C. saltensis Strand, 1909 – Argentina, Bolivia
- C. sarawakensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Borneo
- C. satanas Strand, 1909 – Ecuador
- C. schneideri Strand, 1906 – West Africa
- C. serratipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
- C. serrichelis Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
- C. sexmaculatus Roewer, 1961 – Senegal
- C. siankaan Alayón, 2002 – Mexico
- C. sigma – Venezuela
- C. sikkimensis Gravely, 1931 – India
- C. silvaticus Benoit, 1981 – Congo
- C. similis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Brazil
- C. simplex Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar, Laos
- C. somaliensis Benoit, 1979 – Somalia
- C. spectabilis Lessert, 1921 – Central, East Africa
- C. spiculus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Colombia
- C. spiralis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Costa Rica
- C. supinus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Costa Rica
- C. tenuipes Denis, 1955 – Guinea
- C. theodorianum Jäger, 2012 – Laos
- C. thorelli F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Sri Lanka
- C. torvus Pavesi, 1883 – Ethiopia
- C. transvaalensis Benoit, 1981 – South Africa
- C. trinidensis – Trinidad
- C. tumidulus – Myanmar
- C. tuniensis Patel & Reddy, 1988 – India
- C. uluguruensis Benoit, 1979 – Tanzania
- C. undulatus Steyn & Van der Donckt, 2003 – Ivory Coast
- C. unilineatus Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
- C. vagus Blackwall, 1866 – West Africa
- C. validus Denis, 1955 – Guinea
- C. valverdiensis Peck, 1981 – USA
- C. valvularis – Indonesia
- C. vatovae Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- C. vehemens Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
- C. vespertilio Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia
- C. villasboasi Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
- C. vividus Blackwall, 1865 – Central Africa
- C. w-notatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
- C. walckenaeri Griffith, 1833 – possibly South America
- C. yaeyamensis Yoshida, 1998 – Taiwan, Japan