Biology:Atypoides

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Atypoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Antrodiaetidae
Genus: Atypoides
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
Type species
A. riversi
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
Species
  • O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 Coyle, 1968
  • Atypoides hadros Atypoides gertschi
  • Coyle, 1968 Atypoides riversi
Atypoides gertschi (Syn. Antrodiaetus gertschi) burrow entrance in northern California.

Atypoides is a genus of North American folding trapdoor spiders. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1883,[2] and it has only been found in United States .[1] It was synonymized with the genus Antrodiaetus in 2007,[3] but was restored to its former independent status in 2019.[4] (As of November 2021), it contains only three species: A. gertschi, A. hadros, and A. riversi.[1]

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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q63885238 entry