Acanthoctenus

Acanthoctenus is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.

Female A. remotus are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about 15 mm. Males only grow up to 11 mm.

Species
Acanthoctenus currently contains 13 described species: Incertae sedis:
 * Acanthoctenus alux Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 – Guatemala
 * Acanthoctenus chickeringi Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 – Panama
 * Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906 – Venezuela
 * Acanthoctenus gaujoni Simon, 1906 – Venezuela, Ecuador
 * Acanthoctenus kollari (Reimoser, 1939) – Costa Rica
 * Acanthoctenus lamarrei Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 – Panama
 * Acanthoctenus manauara Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 – Brazil
 * Acanthoctenus plebejus Simon, 1906 – Venezuela, Peru
 * Acanthoctenus remotus Chickering, 1960 – Jamaica
 * Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877 (type) – Mexico to Venezuela
 * Acanthoctenus spinipes Keyserling, 1877 – Guatemala to Paraguay
 * Acanthoctenus torotoro Arizala, Labarque & Polotow, 2021 – Bolivia
 * Acanthoctenus virginea (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador


 * Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama (species inquirenda)


 * Acanthoctenus obauratus Simon, 1906 – Brazil
 * Acanthoctenus rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil

Acanthoctenus mammifer was formerly placed in this genus, but was transferred to the genus Viracucha.