Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus atomarius
SoI: CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus atomarius in situ
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Gen. Aptostichus Simon, 1891 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00051]
mf atomarius Simon, 1891 *....................USA [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000457]
A. a. Simon, 1891g: 317 (Df).
A. a. Smith, 1908: 220, pl. 13, f. 32, pl. 14, f. 32 (f).
Actinoxia versicolor Simon, 1891g: 318 (Df).
Eutychides versicolor Smith, 1908: 214, pl. 13, f. 1-19, pl. 14, f. 1-16, pl. 16, f. 1-2 (Dm, possibly a misidentification of Promyrmekiaphila gertschi, per Bond & Opell, 2002: 516).
A. a. Bond & Opell, 2002: 518, f. 13A-I (f, Sm).
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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Species Aptostichus atomarius Simon, 1891
Specimen Code: MY00300; Determined By: J. Bond; Date Determined: 2004; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Bond & Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 13 Jan 2002; Coll Record Date: Jul 10, 2003; Locality Code: MCH02-018; Locality Name: Clam Beach Co. Park; District: Humboldt; State/ Prov: California; Country: United States Of America; Elevation: 0; Loc Latitude: 41°0'48"N; Loc Longitude: 124°6'33"W
Species Aptostichus atomarius Simon, 1891
Specimen Code: MY00283; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Bond & Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 12 Jan 2002; Coll Record Date: Jul 10, 2003; Locality Code: MCH02-014; Locality Name: Bear Creek Road; District: Colusa; State/ Prov: California; Country: United States Of America; Elevation: 396 m; Loc Latitude: 39°1'14"N; Loc Longitude: 122°23'23"W
Specimen Code: MY00284; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Bond & Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 12 Jan 2002; Coll Record Date: Jul 10, 2003; Locality Code: MCH02-014; Locality Name: Bear Creek Road; District: Colusa; State/ Prov: California; Country: United States Of America; Elevation: 396 m; Loc Latitude: 39°1'14"N; Loc Longitude: 122°23'23"W
Specimen Code: MY00295; Stage/ Sex: 00; Collected By: Bond & Hedin; Date(s) Collected: 14 Jan 2002; Coll Record Date: Jul 10, 2003; Locality Code: MCH02-020; Locality Name: Smith River SP/Beach; District: Del Norte; State/ Prov: California; Country: United States Of America; Elevation: 0; Loc Latitude: 41°52'10"N; Loc Longitude: 124°11'55"W
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF THE
MITOCHONDRIAL LARGE SUBUNIT rRNA GENE (16S) IN
SPIDERS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION
Stacey D. Smith1: Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 USA
Jason E. Bond: East Carolina University, Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 USA
http://core.ecu.edu/biol/bondja/publications/smithandbond2003.pdf http://www.americanarachnology.or...ee/JoA_v31_n1/arac-31-01-0044.pdf
Bond, J. E. & B. D. Opell. 2002. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera of south-western North American Euctenizinae trapdoor spiders and their relatives (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 487-534.
Simon, E. 1891. Liste des espéces de la famille des Aviculariidae qui habitent le Mexique et l'Amérique du Nord. Act. Soc. linn. Bord. 44: 307-326.
Smith, F. P. 1908. Some British spiders taken in 1908. Jour. Queck. Micr. Cl. (2) 10: 311-334. _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
CodeWilster Honorary SCABIES, central or northern CA
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 9
Location: Tehama County, NorCal
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject:
Here you go Andrew start filling stuff in...
Habitat:
Coastal Dunes (pictures are in Monterey, CA)
[Probable] Prey items:
Eleodes sp? "Sand Dune Darkling Beetle"
See Kevin's (aka What's) thread for A. simus prey items (found all but the Lutica while there)
Other prey items (saw a lot):
small wolf spiders, firebrats, beetle larvae, etc. Even found a dead, abdomenless Apto in another Apto's burrow
Specimens of A. atomarius:
tiny sling found wandering in open:
juvenile in burrow:
Adult female: (note the color change from juve to maturity)
I do not have any good pics of the burrows I uprooted but the majority of them were shaped like a " Y ".
I found an adult female with spiderlings and she had at least 4 chambers going. The burrow slid down the dune when I accidentally dug out the base, it looked like a sand octopus!
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