Neocteniza

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