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Perictenus

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Perictenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Perictenus
Henrard & Jocqué, 2017
Species:
P. molecula
Binomial name
Perictenus molecula
Henrard & Jocqué, 2017[1]

Perictenus is a genus of wandering spiders containing the single species, Perictenus molecula. It was first described by A. Henrard & Rudy Jocqué in 2017,[2] and is only found in Guinea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Perictenus 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.