Bulboctenus

Bulboctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Bulboctenus
Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
Type species
B. kayapo
Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
Species
  • Bulboctenus itunaitata Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
  • Bulboctenus kayapo Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
  • Bulboctenus munduruku Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020

Bulboctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders. It was first described by M. P. Pereira, F. M. Labarque and D. Polotow in 2020, and it has only been found in Brazil. As of November 2021 it contains only three species: B. itunaitata, B. kayapo, and B. munduruku.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Bulboctenus Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ↑ Pereira, M. P.; Labarque, F. M.; Polotow, D. (2020). "Description of a new Neotropical spider genus in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 (Araneae: Lycosoidea) from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest". Zootaxa. 4890 (3): 375–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.5. PMID 33311119.