''Neoapachella'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

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n mygalomorph trapdoor spiders in the family

Euctenizidae The Euctenizidae (formerly Cyrtaucheniidae subfamily Euctenizinae) are a family of mygalomorph spiders. They are now considered to be more closely related to Idiopidae. Etymology The name comes from the Greek prefix (''eu-''), meaning "valu ...

containing the single species, ''Neoapachella rothi''. It was first described by

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& B. D. Opell in 2002, and has only been found in

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and

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. They are small to medium-sized spiders, reaching about in body length. It is named in honor of the

Apache The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwestern United States, Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan ho ...

s as well as

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Vincent D. Roth.

References

Euctenizidae Fauna of the Southwestern United States Monotypic Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of the United States {{Euctenizidae-stub