Biology:Arctenus

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Arctenus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Arctenus
Polotow & Jocqué, 2014
Species:
A. taitensis
Binomial name
Arctenus taitensis
Polotow & Jocqué, 2014[1]

Arctenus is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Ctenidae. It was first described by Polotow & Jocqué in 2014.[2] (As of 2023), it contains only one species, Arctenus taitensis, from Kenya.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Arctenus Polotow & Jocqué, 2014". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5458. 
  2. Polotow, D.; Jocqué, R. (2014). "The new spider genus Arctenus, an afrotropical representative of the Calocteninae (Araneae: Ctenidae)". Journal of Arachnology 42 (3): 240–247. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-42.3.240. 

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