Petaloctenus is a genus of African wandering spiders first described by Rudy Jocqué & T. Steyn in 1997.

Species it contains five species: Petaloctenus bossema Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 (type) – Ivory Coast Petaloctenus clathratus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon Petaloctenus cupido Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Guinea Petaloctenus lunatus Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2001 – Nigeria Petaloctenus songan Jocqué & Steyn, 1997 – Ivory Coast

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