Centroctenus

Centroctenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Ctenidae
Genus:	Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929
Type species
C. ocelliventer (Strand, 1909)
Species
See text.

Centroctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders (family Ctenidae) first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929.

Species

As of September 2025^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted 13 species:

• Centroctenus acara Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
• Centroctenus alinahui Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Ecuador
• Centroctenus auberti (Caporiacco, 1954) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
• Centroctenus brevipes (Keyserling, 1891) – South America
• Centroctenus chalkidisi Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
• Centroctenus claudia Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
• Centroctenus coloso Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Colombia
• Centroctenus danielae (Brescovit, Cizauskas & Polotow, 2022) – Brazil
• Centroctenus dourados Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil
• Centroctenus irupana Brescovit, 1996 – Bolivia
• Centroctenus miriuma Brescovit, 1996 – Brazil
• Centroctenus ocelliventer (Strand, 1909) (type) – Colombia, Brazil
• Centroctenus varzea Brescovit, Torres, Rego & Polotow, 2020 – Brazil

References