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Cycloctenus

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Cycloctenus
Cycloctenus sp. (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cycloctenidae
Genus: Cycloctenus
L. Koch, 1878[1]
Type species
C. flaviceps
L. Koch, 1878
Species

17, see text

Synonyms[1][2]

Cycloctenus is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878.[3] Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distinctive arrangement of its eyes, particularly the enlarged posterolateral eyes. It was moved to the Cycloctenidae in 1967.[2]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cycloctenus L. Koch, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ a b Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 261.
  3. ^ Koch, L. (1878). Die Arachniden Australiens.