''Aptostichus'' is a

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of North American

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spiders in the family

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, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1891. They are found predominantly in southern

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, United States.

Behavior

Members of the North American genus, ''Aptostichus'', assemble tunnels with side chambers, but they do not close these chambers with additional trapdoors.

Species

it contains forty-one species in the

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and

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: *'' Aptostichus aguacaliente''

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, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus angelinajolieae'' Bond, 2008 – USA *'' Aptostichus anzaborrego'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus asmodaeus'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus atomarius'' Simon, 1891 ( type) – USA *'' Aptostichus barackobamai'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus bonoi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus cabrillo'' Bond, 2012 – USA, Mexico *'' Aptostichus cahuilla'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus cajalco'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus chavezi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus chemehuevi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus chiricahua'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus dantrippi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus derhamgiulianii'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus dorothealangeae'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus edwardabbeyi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus elisabethae'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus fisheri'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus fornax'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus hedinorum'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus hesperus'' (

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, 1919) – USA *'' Aptostichus huntington'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus icenoglei'' Bond, 2012 – USA, Mexico *'' Aptostichus isabella'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus killerdana'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus lucerne'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus mikeradtkei'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus miwok'' Bond, 2008 – USA *'' Aptostichus muiri'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus nateevansi'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus pennjillettei'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus sabinae'' Valdez-Mondragón & Cortez-Roldán, 2016 – Mexico *'' Aptostichus sarlacc'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus satleri'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus serrano'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus sierra'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus simus'' Chamberlin, 1917 – USA, Mexico *'' Aptostichus sinnombre'' Bond, 2012 – USA *'' Aptostichus stanfordianus'' Smith, 1908 – USA *''

Aptostichus stephencolberti ''Aptostichus stephencolberti'' is a species of spider in the family Euctenizidae, named after the American satirist Stephen Colbert. The spider was discovered on the California coastline in 2007. Spider ''Aptostichus stephencolberti'' is found ...

'' Bond, 2008 – USA

References

Euctenizidae Fauna of California Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of North America Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Mygalomorphae-stub

Behavior

Species

See also

References