Bulboctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders. It was first described by M. P. Pereira, F. M. Labarque and D. Polotow in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Brazil.[1] As of November 2021 it contains only three species: B. itunaitata, B. kayapo, and B. munduruku.[1]

Bulboctenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Bulboctenus
Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020[1]
Type species
B. kayapo
Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
Species
  • Bulboctenus itunaitata Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
  • Bulboctenus kayapo Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020
  • Bulboctenus munduruku Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Bulboctenus Pereira, Labarque & Polotow, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ^ Pereira, M. P.; Labarque, F. M.; Polotow, D. (2020). "Description of a new Neotropical spider genus in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 (Araneae: Lycosoidea) from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest". Zootaxa. 4890 (3): 375–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.5. PMID 33311119.