Aptostichus is a genus of North American mygalomorph spiders in the family Euctenizidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1891. They are found predominantly in southern California, 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 United States and Mexico: Aptostichus aguacaliente Bond, 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 (Chamberlin, 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 Bond, 2008 – USA

See also Myrmekiaphila

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