Aptostichus cabrillo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyrtauchenioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Cyrtauchenioidea

Familia: Euctenizidae
Genus: Aptostichus
Species: Aptostichus cabrillo

Name

  • Aptostichus cabrillo Bond, 2012: figs. 157–164 maps 16, 17
Holotype: AUMNH AP1161, ♂.
Type locality: California, San Diego County, Point Loma, Cabrillo National Monument, 32.66818, -117.242301, 42m, coll. R. Fisher (USGS-BRD San Diego Field Station) vii.2002.
Etymology: The specific epithet is a noun taken in opposition taken from the type locality, Cabrillo National Monument, named in honor of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo one of the first European explorers of the North American west coast.

Primary references

  • Bond, J.E. 2012: Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys, 252: 1–209. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.252.3588 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: The Cabrillo Monument Trapdoor Spider
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