Aptostichus nateevansi

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