Aptostichus edwardabbeyi

Aptostichus edwardabbeyi

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 edwardabbeyi

Name

• Aptostichus edwardabbeyi Bond, 2012: figs. 257–261 map 1

Holotype: AMNH AP402, ♂.

Type locality: Arizona, Cochise County, Chiricahua National Monument, 32.0044, -109.3561, 1650m, coll. V. LeMay 14.xi.1968.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of author and environmentalist Edward P. Abbey (1927-1989).

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 Desert Solitare Trapdoor Spider