Cteniza is a small genus of Old World trapdoor spiders found in France and Italy, first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1829.[4] As of April 2019, it contains only three species: C. genevieveae, C. moggridgei, and C. sauvagesi.[1]

Cteniza
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Ctenizidae
Genus: Cteniza
Latreille, 1829[1]
Type species
C. sauvagesi
(Rossi, 1788)
Species
Synonyms[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cteniza Latreille, 1829". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Zur Kenntnis der Endemiten, zur Evolution und zur Biogeographie der Spinnen Korsikas und Sardiniens, mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 358.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 159.
  4. ^ Latreille, P. A. (1829), "Les Arachnides", in Cuvier, G. (ed.), Le règne animal, nouv