Antrodiaetus Explained

Antrodiaetus is a genus of American and Japanese folding trapdoor spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.^[1] 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".^[2]

Species

the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[3]

• Antrodiaetus apachecus Coyle, 1971 — USA
• Antrodiaetus ashlandensis Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
• Antrodiaetus cerberus Coyle, 1971 — USA
• Antrodiaetus coylei Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
• Antrodiaetus effeminatus Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
• Antrodiaetus hageni (Chamberlin, 1917) — USA
• Antrodiaetus lincolnianus (Worley, 1928) — USA
• Antrodiaetus metapacificus Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
• Antrodiaetus microunicolor Hendrixson & Bond, 2005 — USA
• Antrodiaetus montanus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) — USA
• Antrodiaetus occultus Coyle, 1971 — USA
• Antrodiaetus pacificus (Simon, 1884) — USA
• Antrodiaetus pugnax (Chamberlin, 1917) — USA
• Antrodiaetus robustus (Simon, 1891) — USA
• Antrodiaetus roretzi (L. Koch, 1878) — Japan
• Antrodiaetus stygius Coyle, 1971 — USA
• Antrodiaetus unicolor (Hentz, 1842) — USA
• Antrodiaetus yesoensis (Uyemura, 1942) — Japan

Notes and References

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