TX: GIANT Trapdoor (Eucteniza rex)

cacoseraph

no googleable species pics
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Eucteniza+rex

googling under older names ("Astroroga rex, Myrmekiaphila comstocki") yielded no results, either

illustration to genus
http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy...eGalaxy_enlarge.cfm?id_image=6595

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google text/web search
http://www.google.com/search?svnu...&safe=off&q=Eucteniza+rex

http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/spiders/HedFiles/bondhed2006.pdf

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/.../10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00035.x
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http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/E/Eucteniza_rex.asp

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Species Eucteniza sp
Specimen Code: MY02698; Determined By: J. Bond; Date Determined: 2004; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 17 Mar 2004; Coll Record Date: Sep 16, 2004; Locality Code: MCH04-013; Locality Name: Hwy 286 (to San Juan de los Planes); State/ Prov: Baja California Sur; Country: Mexico; Elevation: 110 m; Loc Latitude: 24°6'1"N; Loc Longitude: 110°16'9"W

Specimen Code: MY02697; Determined By: J. Bond; Date Determined: 2004; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 17 Mar 2004; Coll Record Date: Sep 16, 2004; Locality Code: MCH04-014; Locality Name: La Bajada @ San Javier river; State/ Prov: Baja California Sur; Country: Mexico; Elevation: 107 m; Loc Latitude: 25°35'6"N; Loc Longitude: 111°41'9"W

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NBond1986

Hahahaha

after seeing this on ATS, i figured that sooner or later we would encounter your e-drool on the itch.

josh_r

so have u found any good info on this spider?? i am taking a trip to south and west texas this summer. would be cool to be able to find this spider for some pics. if it is as big as what ive read, i definitely gotta see one at least.

-josh

cacoseraph

negative

been trying, too