Trogloctenus
| Trogloctenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. fagei (Lessert, 1935)
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| Species | |
Trogloctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by R. de Lessert in 1935.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species: T. briali and T. fagei.[1] Originally placed as a subgenus of Ctenus,[2] it was raised to genus status in 1967.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- ^ a b Lessert, R. de (1935). "Description de deux araignées cavernicoles du Congo belge". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 326–332.
- ^ 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: 272.