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 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
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