Euctenizidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Cyrtauchenioidea

Familia: Euctenizidae
Subfamiliae (2): Apomastinae - Euctenizinae
Overview of genera (7)

Apomastus – Aptostichus – Entychides – Eucteniza – Myrmekiaphila – Neoapachella – Promyrmekiaphila
Name

Euctenizidae Raven, 1985
References

Bond, J.E., B. E. Hendrixson, C. A. Hamilton, M. Hedin. 2012: A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology. PLoS ONE, 7(6): e38753. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038753 Reference page.

The Euctenizidae (formerly Cyrtaucheniidae subfamily Euctenizinae) are a family of mygalomorph spiders. They are now considered to be more closely related to Idiopidae.[citation needed]
Etymology

The name comes from the Greek prefix εὖ- (eu-), meaning "valuable" or "good", which had been thought that the family Ctenizidae possess these traits.[1]
Biology

Many, but not all, make wafer-like doors to their burrows, while others build the cork-like doors found commonly in the true[clarification needed] trapdoor spiders. The biology of nearly all of the species is poorly known.
Distribution

The family occurs almost exclusively in the United States and Mexico. Common U.S. genera include Myrmekiaphila, Aptostichus and Promyrmekiaphila.
Genera
Main article: List of Euctenizidae species
Promyrmekiaphila burrow entrance closed, ...
...and opened.

As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

Apomastus Bond & Opell, 2002 — United States
Aptostichus Simon, 1891 — United States, Mexico
Entychides Simon, 1888 — United States, Mexico
Eucteniza Ausserer, 1875 — Mexico, United States
Myrmekiaphila Atkinson, 1886 — United States
Neoapachella Bond & Opell, 2002 — United States
Promyrmekiaphila Schenkel, 1950 — United States

See also

List of Euctenizidae species
Spider families

Footnotes

Bond, J. E., B. E. Hendrixson, C. A. Hamilton & M. Hedin. (Bond et al., 2012b) - A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology

"Family: Euctenizidae Raven, 1985". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-20.

References

{Raven, Robert J. (1985): The spider Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1–180.
Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Bond, J. E. Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 252: 1–209.
Bond, J. E., C. A. Hamilton, N. L. Garrison & C. H. Ray. Phylogenetic reconsideration of Myrmekiaphila systematics with a description of the trapdoor spider species Myrmekiaphila tigris (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Euctenizinae) from Auburn, Alabama. ZooKeys 190: 94–109.
Bond, J. E., B. E. Hendrixson, C. A. Hamilton & M. Hedin. A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology. PLoS One 7(6): e38753.
Platnick, Norman I. (2014): The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001