Caloctenus Explained

Caloctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.^[1]

Species

it contains six species:^[2]

• Caloctenus abyssinicus Strand, 1917 – Ethiopia
• Caloctenus aculeatus Keyserling, 1877 (type) – Colombia
• Caloctenus albertoi Hazzi & Silva-Dávila, 2012 – Colombia
• Caloctenus carbonera Silva-Dávila, 2004 – Venezuela
• Caloctenus gracilitarsis Simon, 1897 – Venezuela
• Caloctenus oxapampa Silva-Dávila, 2004 – Peru

Notes and References

1. Keyserling. E.. 1877. Ueber amerikanische Spinnenarten der Unterordnung Citigradae.. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 609–708. 26.
2. Gen. Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-24. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.