Mygalomorphae of California, USA

[cacoseraph]

Mygalomorphae of California, USA


This thread is to discuss the non-Theraphosidae mygalomorphae spiders of California, USA

here is the first set of Google Image Searches for the non-thereaphosidae
if the google image search link just says the genus name then there were no species level pics available
if the google image search link is an italic genus then there is no search to genus level (see second set)


FAMILY GENUS SPECIES urlGiS
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus aquilonius Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus californicus Aliatypus californicus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus erebus Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus gnomus Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus gulosus Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus janus Aliatypus janus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus plutonis Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus thompsoni Aliatypus thompsoni
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus torridus Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Aliatypus trophonius Aliatypus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Antrodiaetus montanus Antrodiaetus montanus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Antrodiaetus pacificus Antrodiaetus pacificus
ANTRODIAETIDAE Atypoides gertschi Atypoides gertschi
ANTRODIAETIDAE Atypoides riversi Atypoides riversi




second and final non-theraphosidae chunk

CTENIZIDAE Bothriocyrtum californicum Bothriocyrtum californicum
CTENIZIDAE Hebestatis theveneti Hebestatis theveneti
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus atomarius Aptostichus
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus hesperus Aptostichus
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus n spp Aptostichus
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Aptostichus simus Aptostichus
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Nemesoides hesperus Nemesoides CYRTAUCHENIIDAE
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Promyrmekiaphila clathratus Promyrmekiaphila
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Promyrmekiaphila n sp Promyrmekiaphila
CYRTAUCHENIIDAE Promyrmekiaphila zebra Promyrmekiaphila
MECICOBOTHRIIDAE Hexurella rupicola Hexurella MECICOBOTHRIIDAE
MECICOBOTHRIIDAE Megahexura fulva Megahexura MECICOBOTHRIIDAE
NEMESIIDAE Brachythele Iongitarsus Brachythele
NEMESIIDAE Calisoga theveneti Calisoga


p.s. i did NOT make that list myself, i believe i got it from a Berkeley webpage... i think
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stevelew/myg.html




http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_fre...oA_v22_p225.pdf
AWESOME 31 page paper on Aliatypus genus in California!

VERY cool pics of myg hunting in So CAL!
http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/spiders/Atyp2003/Atyp2003.html


i am probably going to get around to making a webpage about CA myg's but until then i have threads

 

[cacoseraph]

NEMESIIDAE Brachythele longitarsus Brachythele
NEMESIIDAE Calisoga theveneti Calisoga

apparently Brachythele longitarus should actually be Calisoga longitarsus

http://nature.berkeley.edu/~stevelew/cbcstuff/common_spiders/big_spi_quilt.html

 

[syndicate]

18 species of Aphonopelma in cali according to that link.are there really that many?nice article on aliatypus to thanks

 

[cacoseraph]

18 species of Aphonopelma in cali according to that link.are there really that many?nice article on aliatypus to thanks

CA Aphonopelma are a mess from pretty much everything i have read. there are lots, though.

 

[cacoseraph]

California Calisoga sp.

California Calisoga sp.


Ok, one of the reasons i am interested in CA myg's is this species!

http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/spiders/Atyp2003/Atyp2003-Pages/Image24.html


http://www.bugpeople.org/curriculum/jigsaw/-As/CalisogaSpider(malepedipalps)-A.jpg


that is a SILVER TARANTULA*!!!

* note, if you strictly define "tarantula=Theraphosidae", then this is NOT a tarantula. also note: if this is C. longitarsus then Platnick has listed under Brachythele longitarus for the like, ~usual reasons


edit:
i really debated posting about this species... after all, if i stimulate demand that means the price goes up... but then i thought, if that is the expense of hopefully getting the sp. firmly established in the hobby (a la A. francki's, but more cb'ing!!!) it would be worth it. and i can always drive and camp and catch my own, heh

 

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi, the Mecicobothriidae are pretty small spiders, which look pretty much like Dipluridae but can be distinguished from those by their longitudinal fovea. As far as I know they also built funnelwebs, which end in a silkened tube.

 

[cacoseraph]

hi, the Mecicobothriidae are pretty small spiders, which look pretty much like Dipluridae but can be distinguished from those by their longitudinal fovea. As far as I know they also built funnelwebs, which end in a silkened tube.

ah, thanks

one project i would like to work on is putting together a dichotomous key for all California non-Theraphosidae mygalomorphae. stuff like that will really help!


i love how small some of these species can get! the smallest are ~ Cyriocosmus elegans size, it seems like

 

[Bastian Drolshagen]

hi,
there´re even smaller mygalomorph spiders (not in CA, but also in the USA). For example Microhexura montivaga, which grows up to 3,8mm BL.
You could use parts of Ravens work (1985) to ID spiders to family or even genus, and other literature for further ID. There´s a revision of the Mecicobothriidae on the net with which it should be possible to ID all Mecicobothriidae to species level.

 

[cacoseraph]

Cyrtaucheniidae Aptostichus species
freshly molted adult female, around 1.5-2" DLS

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b...ptostichus/RanchoCuc/AptostichusPostmoltb.jpg

diferent female with eggsac. eggsac didn't make it for whatever reason

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b...RanchoCuc/Aptostichus_RanchoCuc04_eggsacb.jpg


Mecicobothriidae Megahexura fulva
these mygs are quite small. adult females are under 1"DLS and MM can be even smaller
burrow entrance

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/cacoseraph/mygla/mecico/Megahexura/fulva/burrow_entranceb.jpg

here is a size comparison shot of a huge MM my buddy found. it died fairly quickly after we caught it before i had made up my mind to try to mate it to one of my females

they are fairly rough in their mating, at least from the males. other similar species apparently do similar rough handling

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b...co/Megahexura/fulva/practicallyonhersideb.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b...co/Megahexura/fulva/practicallyonhersidec.jpg

mating Megahexura fulva
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