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Aptostichus killerdana Bond, 2012

Killerdana trapdoor spider, Killer Dana trapdoor spider

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 15 February 1971

 

Distribution

Orange County, California, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AMNH AP432 (female)

Type locality: California, Orange County, Salt Creek, 2.4km North of Dana Point, 33.4819, -117.7206, 21m, coll. W. Icenogle 14.xi.1969.

 

Paratype: AMNH AP432 (male)

 

Other specimens:

AMNH AP604, 1♀, 2juv

AMNH AP607, 1♀, 1juv

CAS AP606, 1♀, 10juv

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Bond, Jason E. (2012). Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 252: 1-209.

 

Other references:

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/22436/aptostichus-killerdana

 

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