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Macroctenus

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Macroctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Macroctenus
Henrard & Jocqué, 2017[1]
Type species
M. kingsleyi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)
Species

5, see text

Macroctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by A. Henrard & Rudy Jocqué in 2017.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Macroctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. ^ Henrard, A.; Jocqué, R. (2017). "Morphological and molecular evidence for new genera in the Afrotropical Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) complex". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (1): 82–154. doi:10.1111/zoj.12461.