Scelidocteus

Scelidocteus is a genus of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1907.

==Species== it contains seven species, found only in Africa: Scelidocteus baccatus Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe Scelidocteus berlandi Lessert, 1930 – Congo Scelidocteus lamottei Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast Scelidocteus ochreatus Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau Scelidocteus pachypus Simon, 1907 (type) – West Africa Scelidocteus schoutedeni Benoit, 1974 – Congo Scelidocteus vuattouxi Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast