Senoculus is the only genus in the family Senoculidae with 31 described species. The genus and family are known by the common name "bark hunters".
They are restricted to Central and South America.
As of February 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
Senoculus albidus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – BrazilSenoculus barroanus Chickering, 1941 – PanamaSenoculus bucolicus Chickering, 1941 – PanamaSenoculus cambridgei Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus canaliculatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Mexico to PanamaSenoculus carminatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus darwini (Holmberg, 1883) – ArgentinaSenoculus fimbriatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus gracilis (Keyserling, 1879) – Guyana to ArgentinaSenoculus guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 – GuyanaSenoculus iricolor (Simon, 1880) – BrazilSenoculus maronicus Taczanowski, 1872 (type species) – French GuianaSenoculus minutus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus monastoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – BrazilSenoculus nigropurpureus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – ParaguaySenoculus penicillatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – Trinidad, Brazil, ParaguaySenoculus planus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus plumosus (Simon, 1880) – BrazilSenoculus prolatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, GuatemalaSenoculus proximus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus purpureus (Simon, 1880) – Panama to ArgentinaSenoculus robustus Chickering, 1941 – PanamaSenoculus rubicundus Chickering, 1953 – PanamaSenoculus rubromaculatus Keyserling, 1879 – PeruSenoculus ruficapillus (Simon, 1880) – BrazilSenoculus scalarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 – ArgentinaSenoculus silvaticus Chickering, 1941 – PanamaSenoculus tigrinus Chickering, 1941 – PanamaSenoculus uncatus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – BrazilSenoculus wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953 – VenezuelaSenoculus zeteki Chickering, 1953 – Panama
