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Wandering Spiders
Ctenidae
The wandering spiders are the members of the spider family Ctenidae. Some mistakenly misinterpret the name to only mean the genus Phoneutria, which are often called Brazilian wandering spiders (despite several species with ranges outside Brazil), but wandering spiders better refers to the entire family Ctenidae. Some members of the genus Phoneutria are highly aggressive and venomous nocturnal hunters, and are the only wandering spiders known to pose potential danger to humans. However, the venoms of...
35 branches of this family, most-observed first
Brazilian Wandering Spiders
genusPhoneutria
Cteninae
subfamilyCteninae
Acanthocteninae
subfamilyAcanthocteninae
Kiekie
genusKiekie
Enoplocteninae
subfamilyEnoplocteninae
Bowie
genusBowie
Asthenoctenus
genusAsthenoctenus
Centroctenus
genusCentroctenus
Isoctenus
genusIsoctenus
Guasuctenus
genusGuasuctenus
Spinoctenus
genusSpinoctenus
Acantheis
genusAcantheis
Afroneutria
genusAfroneutria
Califorctenus
genusCaliforctenus
Africactenus
genusAfricactenus
Calocteninae
subfamilyCalocteninae
Macroctenus
genusMacroctenus
Piloctenus
genusPiloctenus
Amicactenus
genusAmicactenus
Sinoctenus
genusSinoctenus
Ohvida
genusOhvida
Trogloctenus
genusTrogloctenus
Celaetycheus
genusCelaetycheus
Caloctenus
genusCaloctenus
Ciba
genusCiba
Montescueia
genusMontescueia
Thoriosa
genusThoriosa
Tuticanus
genusTuticanus
Wiedenmeyeria
genusWiedenmeyeria
Perictenus
genusPerictenus
Nimbanahita
genusNimbanahita
Bulboctenus
genusBulboctenus
Eldivo
genusEldivo
Trujillina
genusTrujillina
Petaloctenus
genusPetaloctenus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53389.