Cteniza

Cteniza
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Ctenizidae
Genus:	Cteniza; Latreille, 1829
Type species
	C. sauvagesi; (Rossi, 1788)
Species
	C. genevieveae Canard, 2018 – France (Corsica) ; C. moggridgei O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – France, Italy ; C. sauvagesi (Rossi, 1788) – France (Corsica), Italy (mainland, Sardinia, Sicily?);
Synonyms
	Aepycephalus Ausserer, 1871; Sterrhochrotus Simon, 1892;

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