Aptostichus elisabethae

Aptostichus elisabethae

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 elisabethae

Name

• Aptostichus elisabethae Bond, 2012: figs. 292–297 map 33

Holotype: AMNH MY3825, ♂.

Type locality: California, San Bernardino County, Pisgah Crater, 34.7465, -116.3755, 666m, coll. Norris & Heath 26.xi.1961.

Etymology: "The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of my beautiful daughter Elisabeth Morgen Bond."

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: Elisabeth’s Desert Trapdoor Spider