Senoculus

Senoculus
	Senoculus fimbriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Senoculidae; Simon, 1890
Genus:	Senoculus; Taczanowski, 1872
Type species
	S. maronicus; Taczanowski, 1872
Species
	31, see text
	blue: reported countries (WSC)
Synonyms
	Labdacus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873; Neothereutes Holmberg, 1883; Platyctenus Keyserling, 1879; Stenoctenus Keyserling, 1879;

Senoculus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Senoculidae, and was first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1872. It is the only genus in the family Senoculidae.

Species

As of January 2026^[update], this genus includes 31 species:

Senoculus albidus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Brazil
Senoculus barroanus Chickering, 1941 – Panama
Senoculus bucolicus Chickering, 1941 – Panama
Senoculus cambridgei Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus canaliculatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to Panama
Senoculus carminatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus darwini (Holmberg, 1883) – Argentina
Senoculus fimbriatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus gracilis (Keyserling, 1879) – Guyana to Argentina
Senoculus guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
Senoculus iricolor (Simon, 1880) – Brazil
Senoculus maronicus Taczanowski, 1872 – French Guiana
Senoculus minutus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus monastoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Brazil
Senoculus nigropurpureus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Paraguay
Senoculus penicillatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Trinidad, Brazil, Paraguay
Senoculus planus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus plumosus (Simon, 1880) – Brazil
Senoculus prolatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala
Senoculus proximus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus purpureus (Simon, 1880) – Panama to Argentina
Senoculus robustus Chickering, 1941 – Panama, Brazil
Senoculus rubicundus Chickering, 1953 – Panama
Senoculus rubromaculatus Keyserling, 1879 – Peru
Senoculus ruficapillus (Simon, 1880) – Brazil
Senoculus scalarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 – Argentina
Senoculus silvaticus Chickering, 1941 – Panama
Senoculus tigrinus Chickering, 1941 – Panama
Senoculus uncatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Brazil
Senoculus wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953 – Venezuela
Senoculus zeteki Chickering, 1953 – Panama

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Taczanowski, 1872". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
↑ Taczanowski, L. (1872). "Les aranéides de la Guyane française". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 9: 64–112.

External links

Citizen science observations for Senoculus at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Taczanowski, 1872". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.

[Tacz1872-2] Taczanowski, L. (1872). "Les aranéides de la Guyane française". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 9: 64–112.

Senoculus

Senoculus fimbriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Senoculidae Simon, 1890
Genus:	Senoculus Taczanowski, 1872
Type species
S. maronicus Taczanowski, 1872
Species
31, see text

blue: reported countries (WSC)
Synonyms
Labdacus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 Neothereutes Holmberg, 1883 Platyctenus Keyserling, 1879 Stenoctenus Keyserling, 1879