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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wandering Spiders (Ctenidae) » Tropical wolf spiders (Ctenus) » Florida false wolf spider (Ctenus captiosus)

Species Ctenus captiosus - Florida false wolf spider

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
Ctenus captiosus eye pattern - Ctenus captiosus - female Tropical Wolf Spider - Ctenus captiosus Ctenidae - Ctenus captiosus Spider - Ctenus captiosus Spider - Ctenus captiosus False Wolf Spider - Ctenus captiosus - male Ctenus cf. captiosus from East Texas - Ctenus captiosus - female Ctenus captiosus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Ctenidae (Wandering Spiders)
Genus Ctenus (Tropical wolf spiders)
Species captiosus (Florida false wolf spider)
Other Common Names
Wandering Spider
Tropical Wolf Spider
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Gertsch. Year first published: 1935, as Ctenus captiosus.
Range
only Florida(1)
Works Cited
1.The Ctenidae of temperate zone North America
William B. Peck. 1981. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 157-169.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 April, 2011 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 11 May, 2021 - 8:35pm

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