Neocteniza is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.[2] Originally placed with the Actinopodidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.[3]

Neocteniza
Neocteniza sclateri Pocock, 1895. 3. Eyes. 3a. Side view of carapace. 3b. Labium and part of sternum.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Neocteniza
Pocock, 1895[1]
Type species
N. sclateri
Pocock, 1895
Species

18, see text

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains eighteen species found in Central and South America:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Neocteniza Pocock, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1895). "Descriptions of new genera and species of trap-door spiders belonging to the group Trionychi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16 (6): 187–197. doi:10.1080/00222939508680252.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 138.