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Genus: Aptostichus (CYRTAUCHENIIDAE)Genus: AptostichusThe genus Aptostichus has recently had some work done on it and seems likely to have many species (>=30) with close to ten being described in science so far.[1] Platnick has seven species listed, and i believe all of them can be found in CA. Platnick currently (2009) has 7 species listed: A. angelinajolieae A. atomarius A. hesperus A. miwok A. simus A. stanfordianus A. stephencolberti http://research.amnh.org/entomolo...ders/catalog/CYRTAUCHENIIDAE.html It seems likely that many of the species, both described and undescribed, will be all but impossible to tell apart strictly from looking at morphology, so very careful collection location data must be kept [1]. |
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RANGE
Aptostichus sp. 1 MY264 California, USA N 32.7118 DQ639797, DQ639885 Bond and Opell 2002 W 116.11602 in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Aptostichus sp. 2 MY2595 California, USA N 33.67712 DQ639797, DQ639886 Bond and Opell 2002 W 117.11578 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...p;ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...amp;spn=0.36456,0.622101&z=11 kinda by Murrieta, CA from bondhed2006.pdf http://www.spiderzrule.com/myglamorphs.htm near the bottom of the page are two pics of what is most likely Aptostichus sp. A. simus or A. atomarius probably |
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HABITS & HABITATS |
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IMAGES
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums...hunt/BL/mar09mid/bonus_myg02b.jpg **** an AWESOME chart showing examples of the varieties of Aptostichus (possibly just what was considered A. atomarius) abdomen coloration and patterns http://www.informaworld.com/cache...420969/usyb_a_330411_o_f0003g.png http://tolweb.org/onlinecontribut...amp;service=external&sp=32422 |
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LINKS
[1] An Integrative Method for Delimiting Cohesion Species: Finding the Population-Species Interface in a Group of Californian Trapdoor Spiders with Extreme Genetic Divergence and Geographic Structuring Jason E. Bond; Amy K. Stockman http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/...420969&fulltext=713240928[/u] |
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