Argoctenus | |
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Argoctenus sp. female | |
Argoctenus (male palp) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Miturgidae |
Genus: |
Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 [1] |
Type species | |
A. igneus L. Koch, 1878 | |
Species | |
12, see text |
Argoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders [2] first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. [3] They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. [1] They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement. [4]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains twelve species: [1]
Argoctenus | |
---|---|
Argoctenus sp. female | |
Argoctenus (male palp) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Miturgidae |
Genus: |
Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 [1] |
Type species | |
A. igneus L. Koch, 1878 | |
Species | |
12, see text |
Argoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders [2] first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. [3] They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. [1] They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement. [4]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains twelve species: [1]