Aptostichus icenoglei

Aptostichus icenoglei

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 icenoglei

Name

• Aptostichus icenoglei Bond, 2012: figs. 146–156 maps 14, 15

Holotype: AUMNH AP391, ♂.

Type locality: California, Riverside County, Winchester, 1.6km NW of town center, vicinity of Double Butte, 33.71492, -117.092201, 478m, coll. W. Icenogle, 20.xi.1967.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Wendell Icenogle who has collected many of the Aptostichus types and has studied this group’s natural history for many years.

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 Icenogle Trapdoor Spider