Ctenidae

Translingual

Ctenus exlineae, male

Etymology

Ctenus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Ctenidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the wandering spiders, some of which are extremely venomous and aggressive.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Acantheinae, Acanthocteninae, Calocteninae, Cteninae, Viridasiinae (subfamilies)
  • Acantheis, Acanthoctenus, Africactenus, Afroneutria, Amauropelma, Anahita, Ancylometes, Apolania, Asthenoctenus, Bengalla, Califorctenus, Caloctenus, Celaetycheus, Centroctenus, Chococtenus, Ctenus, Cupiennius, Diallomus, Enoploctenus, Gephyroctenus, Incasoctenus, Isoctenus, Itatiaya, Janusia, Kiekie, Leptoctenus, Mahafalytenus, Montescueia, Nothroctenus, Ohvida, Parabatinga, Paravulsor, Petaloctenus, Phoneutria, Phymatoctenus, Pseudoctenus, Sinoctenus, Thoriosa, Toca, Trogloctenus, Trujillina, Tuticanus, Viracucha, Viridasius, Vulsor, Wiedenmeyeria – genera assigned to subfamilies
  • Janusia, Mahafalytenus – genera not assigned to subfamilies

References

• Wandering spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ctenidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ctenidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons