Gephyroctenus Explained

Gephyroctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1936.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species:^[2]

• Gephyroctenus acre Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
• Gephyroctenus atininga Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
• Gephyroctenus divisor Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
• Gephyroctenus esteio Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
• Gephyroctenus juruti Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru, Brazil
• Gephyroctenus mapia Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
• Gephyroctenus panguana Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru
• Gephyroctenus philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936 (type) – Peru, Brazil
• Gephyroctenus portovelho Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1936. Contribution à l'etude des Ctenides du Bresil.. Festschrift Embrik Strand. 1–31. 1.
2. Gen. Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-24. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.