# Piloctenus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Piloctenus
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| authority = Henrard & [Jocqué](/source/Rudy_Jocqu%C3%A9), 2017<ref name=NMBE />
| type_species = ''[P. pilosus](/source/Piloctenus_pilosus)'' <small>(Thorell, 1899)</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
| synonyms =
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE />
}}

'''''Piloctenus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [wandering spiders](/source/Ctenidae) first described by A. Henrard & [Rudy Jocqué](/source/Rudy_Jocqu%C3%A9) in 2017.<ref name=Henr2017>{{cite journal| last1=Henrard| first1=A.| last2=Jocqué| first2=R.| year=2017| title=Morphological and molecular evidence for new genera in the Afrotropical Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) complex.| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| pages=82–154| volume=180| issue=1| doi=10.1111/zoj.12461}}</ref>

==Species==
{{as of|2019|04}} it contains four species:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Piloctenus Henrard & Jocqué, 2017| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-04-01| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5618}}</ref>
*''[Piloctenus gryseelsi](/source/Piloctenus_gryseelsi)'' <small>Henrard & Jocqué, 2017</small> — Guinea
*''[Piloctenus haematostoma](/source/Piloctenus_haematostoma)'' <small>Jocqué & Henrard, 2017</small> — Guinea
*''[Piloctenus mirificus](/source/Piloctenus_mirificus)'' <small>(Arts, 1912)</small> — Togo, Ivory Coast, Guinea
*''[Piloctenus pilosus](/source/Piloctenus_pilosus)'' <small>(Thorell, 1899)</small> — West, Central Africa

==References==
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Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Ctenidae
Category:Taxa named by Rudy Jocqué

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