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]

Aptostichus
Aptostichus sp.
Scientific classification
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]
Actinoxia Simon, 1891[2] Nemesoides Chamberlin, 1919[2]

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

Trapdoor of an Aptostichus burrow

Aptostichus miwok male (top) and female

As of May 2019^[update] 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

See also

• Myrmekiaphila