Aptostichus dantrippi

Taxonavigation edit

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 dantrippi

Name edit

Aptostichus dantrippi Bond, 2012: figs. 115–119 maps 12, 13

Holotype: AUMNH AP179, ♂.

Type locality: California, Kern Co., Bakersfield, South Bank of Kern River, 35.3947, -119.03135, elev. 137m, coll. W. Icenogle 6.x.1971.

Etymology: The specific epithet is patronym in honor of Daniel Tripp in recognition of the Tripp family support of biodiversity research and scholarship at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

References edit

Primary references edit

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 edit

English: The Dan Tripp Trapdoor Spider