Neocteniza is a genus of armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895. Originally placed with the Actinopodidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.
Species
it contains eighteen species found in Central and South America:
- Neocteniza agustinea <small>Miranda & Arizala, 2013</small> â Panama
- Neocteniza australis <small>Goloboff, 1987</small> â Brazil, Argentina
- Neocteniza chancani <small>Goloboff & Platnick, 1992</small> â Argentina
- Neocteniza coylei <small>Goloboff & Platnick, 1992</small> â Peru
- Neocteniza fantastica <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Colombia
- Neocteniza malkini <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1981</small> â Ecuador
- Neocteniza mexicana <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897</small> â Guatemala
- Neocteniza minima <small>Goloboff, 1987</small> â Bolivia, Argentina
- Neocteniza myriamae <small>Bertani, Fukushima & Nagahama, 2006</small> â Brazil
- Neocteniza occulta <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1981</small> â Panama
- Neocteniza osa <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Costa Rica
- Neocteniza paucispina <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Guatemala
- Neocteniza platnicki <small>Goloboff, 1987</small> â Paraguay
- Neocteniza pococki <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Venezuela
- Neocteniza sclateri <small>Pocock, 1895</small> (type) â Guyana
- Neocteniza spinosa <small>Goloboff, 1987</small> â Argentina
- Neocteniza subirana <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Honduras
- Neocteniza toba <small>Goloboff, 1987</small> â Paraguay, Argentina
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