Antrodiaetidae

Taxobox
name = folding trapdoor spiders


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image_caption = "Antrodiaetus riversi" turret
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mygalomorphae
superfamilia = Atypoidea
familia = Antrodiaetidae
familia_authority = Gertsch, 1940
diversity_link = List of Antrodiaetidae species
diversity = 2 genera, 32 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see text

The folding trapdoor spiders (Antrodiaetidae) are a small spider family with about 30 species in three genera. They are related to the Atypidae (atypical tarantulas).

Distribution

Antrodiaetids are found almost exclusively in the USA, in the west (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho), the midwest (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Illinois), and the east (centered in the Appalachian mountains). [http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/spiders/hedin.html Marshal Hedin] , personal communication (2006)]

Two species ("Antrodiaetus roretzi" and "A. yesoensis") are endemic to Japan. They are considered relict species; two separate vicariance events probably led to the evolution of these two species (Miller & Coyle, 1996).

The three species of the former genus "Atypoides" are now included in the genus "Antrodiaetus" (Hendrixson & Bond, 2007).

pecies

"Aliatypus" Smith, 1908 — USA

* "Aliatypus aquilonius" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus californicus" (Banks, 1896)
* "Aliatypus erebus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus gnomus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus gulosus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus isolatus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus janus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus plutonis" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus thompsoni" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus torridus" Coyle, 1974
* "Aliatypus trophonius" Coyle, 1974

"Antrodiaetus" Ausserer, 1871 — USA, unless noted

* "Antrodiaetus apachecus" Coyle, 1971
* "Antrodiaetus ashlandensis" Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005
* "Antrodiaetus cerberus" Coyle, 1971
* "Antrodiaetus coylei" Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005
* "Antrodiaetus effeminatus" Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005
* "Antrodiaetus gertschi" (Coyle, 1968)
* "Antrodiaetus hadros" (Coyle, 1968)
* "Antrodiaetus hageni" (Chamberlin, 1917)
* "Antrodiaetus lincolnianus" (Worley, 1928)
* "Antrodiaetus metapacificus" Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005
* "Antrodiaetus microunicolor" Hendrixson & Bond, 2005
* "Antrodiaetus montanus" (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935)
* "Antrodiaetus occultus" Coyle, 1971
* "Antrodiaetus pacificus" (Simon, 1884)
* "Antrodiaetus pugnax" (Chamberlin, 1917)
* "Antrodiaetus riversi" (O. P.-Cambridge, 1883)
* "Antrodiaetus robustus" (Simon, 1891)
* "Antrodiaetus roretzi" (L. Koch, 1878) — Japan
* "Antrodiaetus stygius" Coyle, 1971
* "Antrodiaetus unicolor" (Hentz, 1842)
* "Antrodiaetus yesoensis" (Uyemura, 1942) — Japan

ee also

* List of Antrodiaetidae species
* Spider families

References

* (1996). Cladistic analysis of the "Atypoides" plus "Antrodiaetus" lineage of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Antrodiaetidae). "Journal of Arachnology" 24(3):201-213. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_V24_n3/JoA_v24_p201.pdf PDF] - [http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/writersproject/jeremymiller.htm Abstract]
*aut|Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond, J.E. (2005). Two sympatric species of "Antrodiaetus" from southwestern North Carolina (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae). "Zootaxa" 872:1-19. [http://core.ecu.edu/biol/bondja/publications/Hendrixson%20&%20Bond%20(2005a)%20Microunicolor.pdf PDF] ("A. unicolor", "A. microunicolor")
* (2007). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of an ancient Holarctic lineage of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae: "Antrodiaetus"). "Molec. Phylogen. Evol." 42: 738-755. DOI|doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.010
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ANTRODIAETIDAE.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Animals/Spiders/Folding_Door_Spider/Folding_Door_Spider.html Images of a folding trapdoor spider]