Aptostichus nateevansi

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 nateevansi

Name

Aptostichus nateevansi Bond, 2012: figs. 134–141 map 1

Holotype: CAS AP429, ♂.

Type locality: California, Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, Toyon Bay, 33.37079, -118.349634, 1m, coll. S. Bennett 1.xi.87.

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

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 Nate Evans Trapdoor Spider