Aptostichus

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Aptostichus

Aptostichus is a genus of North American mygalomorph spiders in the family Euctenizidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1891.[3] They are found predominantly in southern California, United States.[2][4]

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Aptostichus
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Aptostichus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euctenizidae
Genus: Aptostichus
Simon, 1891[1]
Type species
A. atomarius
Simon, 1891
Species

41, see text

Synonyms[1]
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Behavior

Members of the North American genus, Aptostichus, assemble tunnels with side chambers, but they do not close these chambers with additional trapdoors.[5]

Species

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Trapdoor of an Aptostichus burrow
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Aptostichus miwok male (top) and female

As of May 2019 it contains forty-one species in the United States and Mexico:[1]

  • Aptostichus aguacaliente Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus angelinajolieae Bond, 2008 – USA
  • Aptostichus anzaborrego Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus asmodaeus Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus atomarius Simon, 1891 (type) – USA
  • Aptostichus barackobamai Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus bonoi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus cabrillo Bond, 2012 – USA, Mexico
  • Aptostichus cahuilla Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus cajalco Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus chavezi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus chemehuevi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus chiricahua Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus dantrippi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus derhamgiulianii Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus dorothealangeae Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus edwardabbeyi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus elisabethae Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus fisheri Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus fornax Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus hedinorum Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus hesperus (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA
  • Aptostichus huntington Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus icenoglei Bond, 2012 – USA, Mexico
  • Aptostichus isabella Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus killerdana Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus lucerne Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus mikeradtkei Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus miwok Bond, 2008 – USA
  • Aptostichus muiri Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus nateevansi Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus pennjillettei Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus sabinae Valdez-Mondragón & Cortez-Roldán, 2016 – Mexico
  • Aptostichus sarlacc Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus satleri Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus serrano Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus sierra Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus simus Chamberlin, 1917 – USA, Mexico
  • Aptostichus sinnombre Bond, 2012 – USA
  • Aptostichus stanfordianus Smith, 1908 – USA
  • Aptostichus stephencolberti Bond, 2008 – USA

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