Xenoctenidae
| Xenoctenidae | |
|---|---|
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| Xenoctenus unguiculatus in Argentina | |
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| Unidentified species of Xenoctenus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Xenoctenidae Ramírez & Silva-Dávila, 2017[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, 33 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Xenoctenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders separated from Miturgidae in 2017.[2]
Genera
As of January 2026, this family includes four genera and 33 species:[1]
- Incasoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1942 – Peru
- Odo Keyserling, 1887 – Cuba, Hispaniola, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, South America
- Paravulsor Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
- Xenoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1938 – South America
References
- ^ a b "Family Xenoctenidae Ramírez & Silva-Dávila, 2017". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ Wheeler, W. C.; et al. (2017). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759. S2CID 35535038.
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