Spiny legs spiders or wandering spiders
Family Zoridae
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This genus is moved to the family
Miturgidae.
This is a small family with 13 genera with 74 species world wide.
Genus Argoctenus
Ten species are represented in Australia (see below).
The spider resembles the Pardosa genus of the family
Lycosidae.
The striking difference is the narrowed carapace (head) of this spider. Also
the arrangement of the eyes is a little different.
Argoctenus sp. ZZ287
Ed Nieuwenhuys, 22 march 2013
10 may 2022, 23 september 2021 , January 4, 2009
Jurgen Otto, March 2005
Argoctenus aureus, New Zealand
Argoctenus australianus, New South Wales
Argoctenus bidentatus, Western Australia
Argoctenus devisi, New Guinea
Argoctenus gracilis, South Australia
Argoctenus hystriculus, Western Australia
Argoctenus igneus, Western Australia
Argoctenus nebulosus, Western Australia
Argoctenus pectinatus, Victoria
Argoctenus pictus, Australia
Argoctenus vittatus, Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Is. From The
World Spider Catalog, Version 5.5. by Norman I. Platnick