{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Corsican Trapdoor Spider (Cteniza sauvagesi) (16586173944).jpg | image_caption = ''C. sauvagesi'' | image2 = Cteniza moggridgei - Ludivine Lamare - 395465253.jpeg | image2_caption = ''C. moggridgei'' | taxon = Cteniza | authority = Latreille, 1829<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''C. sauvagesi'' | type_species_authority = (Rossi, 1788) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist |''C. genevieveae''|Canard, 2018 |''C. moggridgei''|O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 |''C. sauvagesi''|(Rossi, 1788) }} | synonyms = *''Aepycephalus'' <small>Ausserer, 1871</small><ref name=Wund1995 /> *''Sterrhochrotus'' <small>Simon, 1892</small><ref name=Rave1985 /> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=wsc /> }}
'''''Cteniza''''' is a small genus of Old World trapdoor spiders found in France and Italy, first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1829.<ref name=Latr1829 />
''C. sauvagesi'' in burrow|thumb|center
==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes three species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Cteniza genevieveae'' <small>Canard, 2018</small> – France (Corsica) * ''Cteniza moggridgei'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874</small> – France, Italy * ''Cteniza sauvagesi'' <small>(Rossi, 1788)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy (type species) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/650 | title=Gen. ''Cteniza'' Latreille, 1829 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-27}}</ref> <ref name="Latr1829">{{citation| last=Latreille| first=P. A.| year=1829| contribution=Les Arachnides| editor-last=Cuvier| editor-first=G.| title=Le règne animal, nouv}}</ref> <ref name="Rave1985">{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| year=1985| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=182| page=159}}</ref> <ref name="Wund1995">{{cite journal| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| year=1995| title=Zur Kenntnis der Endemiten, zur Evolution und zur Biogeographie der Spinnen Korsikas und Sardiniens, mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae)| journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie| volume=4| issue=1994| page=358}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Ctenizidae Category:Mygalomorphae genera Category:Spiders of Europe Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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