# Cteniza

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{{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](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille), 1829<ref name=wsc />
| type_species = ''[C. sauvagesi](/source/Cteniza_sauvagesi)''
| type_species_authority = ([Rossi](/source/Pietro_Rossi_(scientist)), 1788)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Specieslist
    |''C. genevieveae''|Canard, 2018
    |''C. moggridgei''|[O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1874
    |''C. sauvagesi''|(Rossi, 1788)
  }}
| synonyms = *''Aepycephalus'' <small>[Ausserer](/source/Anton_Ausserer), 1871</small><ref name=Wund1995 />
*''Sterrhochrotus'' <small>[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1892</small><ref name=Rave1985 />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=wsc />
}}

'''''Cteniza''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [Old World](/source/Old_World) [trapdoor spiders](/source/Ctenizidae) found in [France](/source/France) and [Italy](/source/Italy), first described by [Pierre André Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_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" />
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* ''[Cteniza genevieveae](/source/Cteniza_genevieveae)'' <small>Canard, 2018</small> – [France](/source/France) ([Corsica](/source/Corsica))
* ''[Cteniza moggridgei](/source/Cteniza_moggridgei)'' <small>[O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1874</small> – France, [Italy](/source/Italy)
* ''[Cteniza sauvagesi](/source/Cteniza_sauvagesi)'' <small>(Rossi, 1788)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy (type species)
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==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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