Genus Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878

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Genus Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878

Argoctenus Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [990].
Type species:
Argoctenus igneus L. Koch, 1878 by subsequent designation, see Simon, E. 1903. Histoire Naturelle de Araignées (1892–1903). Paris : Roret Vol. 1. [132].
Aenigma Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle 51: 323-333, 771-826 [825] [junior homonym of Aenigma Strecker 1876].
Type species:
Aenigma australiana Karsch, 1878 by monotypy.
Aenigmaaranea Strand, E. 1929. Zoological and paleontological nomenclatorial notes. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 20: 1-29 [11] [nom. nov. for Aenigma Karsch, 1878].
Horioctenoides Main, B.Y. 1954. Spiders and Opiliones. Australian Geographical Society Reports. No.1. The Archipelago of the Recherche. Pt 6. Melbourne : Australian Geographical Society. 37-53 pp. [42].
Type species:
Horioctenoides bidentatus Main, 1954 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		15-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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