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Phymatoctenus

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Phymatoctenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Phymatoctenus
Simon, 1897[1]
Type species
P. comosus
Simon, 1897
Species

Phymatoctenus is a genus of South American and Caribbean wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species in Brazil, Cuba, and Costa Rica: P. comosus, P. sassii, and P. tristani.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1897). "Etudes arachnologiques. 27e Mémoire. XLII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 65: 465–510.