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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wandering Spiders (Ctenidae)

Family Ctenidae - Wandering Spiders

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
6023750 Pisaurid? - Leptoctenus byrrhus - female Pale brown Spider - Anahita punctulata Spider - Anahita punctulata Possible Southeastern Wandering Spider in Ohio - Anahita punctulata Ctenus captiosus - male Ctenus captiosus - male Leptoctenus byrrhus - Leptoctenus byrrhus - female Ctenus valverdiensis - Ctenus valverdiensis
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)
Numbers
3 genera & 7 species found in BugGuide's range.
Range
All U.S. species are found only in the southern U.S. (1)

(But (2) says that Acanthoctenus has become established in some urban areas of NY, CA, & WA.)

Exact distribution for the species below will be added when time permits.

Anahita
- A. punctulata - Southeast USA
Ctenus
- C. captiosus - Florida
- C. exlineae - Northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma
- C. hibernalis - Alabama
- C. minimus - "North America," only known from type specimens
- C. valverdiensis - Texas
Leptoctenus
- L. byrrhus - Texas, Mexico
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
2.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 30 August, 2006 - 12:41pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mandy Howe, chuuuuung
Last updated 3 May, 2022 - 12:50pm

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