FAMILY                      Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877
                            [=Acanthoctenidae Simon, 1892]
GENUS                              Icactenus Kishida, [Yaginuma in Brignoli 1983c: 585]
SUBFAMILY                     Acantheinae
GENUS                              Acantheis Thorell, 1891
GENUS                              Africactenus Hyatt, 1954: 888
GENUS                              Enoploctenus Simon, 1897
GENUS                              Petaloctenus Jocqué & Steyn, 1997: 108
SUBFAMILY                     Acanthocteninae
GENUS                              Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877
                                   [=Paracantheis Kraus, 1955]
GENUS                              Nothroctenus Badcock, 1932
                                   [=Leitanoctenus Soares & Camargo, 1949]
                                   [=Mesoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929]
GENUS                              Viracucha Lehtinen, 1967: 274
GENUS                              Bengalla Gray & Thompson, 2001: 159
SUBFAMILY                     Calocteninae
GENUS                              Anahita Karsch, 1879
GENUS                              Apolania Simon, 1898
GENUS                              Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877
GENUS                              Diallomus Simon, 1897
GENUS                              Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936
GENUS                              Trujillina Bryant, 1948
SUBFAMILY                     Ctenidaeincertae
GENUS                              Janusia Gray, 1973: 207
SUBFAMILY                     Cteninae Keyserling, 1877
GENUS                              Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, 2001: 188
GENUS                              Ancylometes Bertkau, 1880
                                   [=Corinoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1939]
GENUS                              Asthenoctenus Simon, 1897
GENUS                              Celaetycheus Simon, 1897
GENUS                              Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929
GENUS                              Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805
GENUS                              Cupiennius Simon, 1891
GENUS                              Isoctenus Bertkau, 1880
GENUS                              Leptoctenus L. Koch, 1878
GENUS                              Oligoctenus Simon, 1887
GENUS                              Thoriosa Simon, 1910
GENUS                              Ctenopsis Schmidt, 1956a: 28
GENUS                              Incasoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1942
GENUS                              Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915
GENUS                              Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961: 10
GENUS                              Nanoctenus Wunderlich, 1988 [Fossil]
SPECIES                                 Nanoctenus longipes (Wunderlich, 1988) [Dominican amberFossil]
GENUS                              Paravulsor Mello-Leitão, 1922
SUBFAMILY                     Phoneutriinae
GENUS                              Phoneutria Perty, 1833
GENUS                              Phymatoctenus Simon, 1897
GENUS                              Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949
GENUS                              Trogloctenus Lessert, 1935
GENUS                              Tuticanus Simon, 1897
SUBFAMILY                     Viridasiinae
GENUS                              Viridasius Simon, 1889
GENUS                              Vulsor Simon, 1889
GENUS                              Wiedenmeyeria Schenkel, 1953a: 39