Aptostichus chavezi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyrtauchenioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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 chavezi

Name

Aptostichus chavezi Bond, 2012: figs. 347–351 maps 34, 35

Holotype: AUMNH AP426, ♂.

Type locality: California, Tulare Co., Ash Mountain, Kaweah Power Station #3, 64km NE Visalia, 36.488, -118.837, elev. 460m, coll. D. Burdick 3.iii.1983.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of labor and civil rights leader César Chávez (1927–1993).

References

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 UFW Trapdoor Spider