Neocteniza

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.
Scientific classification
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

As of May 2019 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

References
  1. 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.


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