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Genus of spiders

Antrodiaetus
Female A. unicolor.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Antrodiaetidae
Genus: Antrodiaetus
Ausserer, 1871
Type species
A. unicolor (Hentz, 1842)
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Acattyma
  • Brachybothrium

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

As of May 2019 the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Antrodiaetus Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
  3. "Genus Antrodiaetus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
Taxon identifiers
Antrodiaetus


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