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 | |
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| Neocteniza sclateri Pocock, 1895. 3. Eyes. 3a. Side view of carapace. 3b. Labium and part of sternum. | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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18, see text | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains eighteen species found in Central and South America:[1]
- Neocteniza agustinea Miranda & Arizala, 2013 – Panama
- Neocteniza australis Goloboff, 1987 – Brazil, Argentina
- Neocteniza chancani Goloboff & Platnick, 1992 – Argentina
- Neocteniza coylei Goloboff & Platnick, 1992 – Peru
- Neocteniza fantastica Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Colombia
- Neocteniza malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – Ecuador
- Neocteniza mexicana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Guatemala
- Neocteniza minima Goloboff, 1987 – Bolivia, Argentina
- Neocteniza myriamae Bertani, Fukushima & Nagahama, 2006 – Brazil
- Neocteniza occulta Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – Panama
- Neocteniza osa Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Costa Rica
- Neocteniza paucispina Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Guatemala
- Neocteniza platnicki Goloboff, 1987 – Paraguay
- Neocteniza pococki Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Venezuela
- Neocteniza sclateri Pocock, 1895 (type) – Guyana
- Neocteniza spinosa Goloboff, 1987 – Argentina
- Neocteniza subirana Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Honduras
- Neocteniza toba Goloboff, 1987 – Paraguay, Argentina
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 138.