Piloctenus Explained

Piloctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by A. Henrard & Rudy Jocqué in 2017.^[1]

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Piloctenus gryseelsi Henrard & Jocqué, 2017 — Guinea
• Piloctenus haematostoma Jocqué & Henrard, 2017 — Guinea
• Piloctenus mirificus (Arts, 1912) — Togo, Ivory Coast, Guinea
• Piloctenus pilosus (Thorell, 1899) — West, Central Africa

Notes and References

1. Henrard. A.. Jocqué. R.. 2017. Morphological and molecular evidence for new genera in the Afrotropical Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) complex.. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 82–154. 180. 1. 10.1111/zoj.12461.
2. Web site: Gen. Piloctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-01. Natural History Museum Bern.