Argoctenus

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]

Argoctenus
Argoctenus sp. female
Argoctenus (male palp)
Scientific classification
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

Species

As of April 2019 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
  1. "Gen. Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. Atkinson, Ron. "Spider Families". The Find-a-spider Guide for the Spiders of Southern Queensland. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. Koch, L. (1878). Die Arachniden Australiens.
  4. "Spiny legs spiders or wandering spiders: Family Zoridae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
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