Ctenidae

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Phoneutria fera Perty, 1833

Phoneutria fera Perty, 1833

Phoneutria fera Perty, 1833

Phoneutria fera is a medically significant venomous wandering spider found in northern South America.

Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891)

Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891)

Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891)

Phoneutria nigriventer, the Brazilian wandering spider, is a large nocturnal venomous spider found in South American and urban habitats.

Phoneutria reidyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria reidyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria reidyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria reidyi is a venomous South American ctenid spider with distinctive physical traits and a venom LD50 of 0.11 mg/kg.

Phoneutria boliviensis (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria boliviensis (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria boliviensis (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria boliviensis is a wandering spider found in Central and South American tropical forests.

Phoneutria keyserlingi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria keyserlingi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria keyserlingi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria keyserlingi is a venomous Brazilian wandering spider with neurotoxic, allergy-inducing venom components.

Phoneutria pertyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria pertyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria pertyi (F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

Phoneutria pertyi is a Brazilian ctenid spider closely related to other Phoneutria species, with newly identified unique venom components.

Phoneutria depilata (Strand, 1909)

Phoneutria depilata (Strand, 1909)

Phoneutria depilata (Strand, 1909)

Phoneutria depilata is a large wandering spider found across Central and northwestern South America in tropical forest disturbed habitats.

Parabatinga brevipes (Keyserling, 1891)

Parabatinga brevipes (Keyserling, 1891)

Parabatinga brevipes (Keyserling, 1891)

Centroctenus brevipes is a South American wandering spider found across several South American countries.

Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844)

Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844)

Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844)

Anahita punctulata, the southeastern wandering spider, is a Ctenidae wandering spider found in the USA.

Ctenus hibernalis Hentz, 1844

Ctenus hibernalis Hentz, 1844

Ctenus hibernalis Hentz, 1844

Ctenus hibernalis is a wandering spider species native primarily to Alabama in the southeastern US.

Ctenus captiosus Gertsch, 1935

Ctenus captiosus Gertsch, 1935

Ctenus captiosus Gertsch, 1935

Ctenus captiosus Gertsch, 1935 is a spider with specific size and color traits, found in various North American habitats.

Leptoctenus byrrhus Simon, 1888

Leptoctenus byrrhus Simon, 1888

Leptoctenus byrrhus Simon, 1888

Leptoctenus byrrhus is a medium-sized hairy spider found in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877)

Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877)

Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling, 1877)

Ancylometes bogotensis is a semi-aquatic dimorphic spider distributed from Central America to northern and western South America that preys on frogs and tadpoles.

Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)

Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)

Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837)

Ancylometes rufus is a water-near frog-eating species in genus Ancylometes, described in 1837 by Walckenaer.

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