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Antrodiaetus

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Antrodiaetus is a genus of American and Japanese folding trapdoor spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The name is a combination of the Greek "antrodiaitos" (αντροδιαιτος), meaning "living in caves", "antron" (αντρον), meaning "cave", and "diaita (διαιτα), meaning "way of life, dwelling".

Species

California Turret Spider

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAntrodiaetidae
Observations3,202
Observations recorded1,686

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
130
With media
4
Family
Antrodiaetidae
Collections
CHAS, DMNS, UNM, ISM, CU
Recorded in
United States

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Antrodiaetus is a genus of American and Japanese folding trapdoor spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. The name is a combination of the Greek "antrodiaitos" (αντροδιαιτος), meaning "living in caves", "antron" (αντρον), meaning "cave", and "diaita (διαιτα), meaning "way of life, dwelling".

==Species== , this genus includes eighteen species: Antrodiaetus apachecus Coyle, 1971 – United States Antrodiaetus ashlandensis Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 – United States Antrodiaetus cerberus Coyle, 1971 – United States Antrodiaetus coylei Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 – United States Antrodiaetus effeminatus Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 – United States Antrodiaetus hageni (Chamberlin, 1917) – Canada, United States Antrodiaetus lincolnianus (Worley, 1928) – United States Antrodiaetus metapacificus Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 – United States Antrodiaetus microunicolor Hendrixson & Bond, 2005 – United States Antrodiaetus montanus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) – United States Antrodiaetus occultus Coyle, 1971 – United States Antrodiaetus pacificus (Simon, 1885) – Canada, United States Antrodiaetus pugnax (Chamberlin, 1917) – Canada, United States Antrodiaetus robustus (Simon, 1891) – United States Antrodiaetus roretzi (L. Koch, 1878) – Japan Antrodiaetus stygius Coyle, 1971 – United States Antrodiaetus unicolor (Hentz, 1842) – United States Antrodiaetus yesoensis (Uyemura, 1942) – Japan

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