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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.252.3588" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a4366e50-a271-44c0-bdef-b52c8cad0b85" ID-PMC="PMC3560839" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-252-1" ID-PubMed="23378811" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2012" ModsDocID="1313-2970-252-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 252" ModsDocTitle="Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae)" checkinTime="1451247847790" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bond, Jason E." docDate="2012" docId="F4164AA52546F59CE8BC225AF83D212D" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 252: 1-209" docOrigin="ZooKeys 252" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.252.3588" docTitle="Aptostichus chiricahua Bond, 2012, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="69" masterDocId="FFAD871BFFD4FF8CFFED1A5CFFE7FFA0" masterDocTitle="Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae)" masterLastPageNumber="209" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="68" updateTime="1668155039594" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bond, Jason E.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2012</mods:date>
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<taxonomicName LSID="The Chiricahua Mountain Trapdoor Spider" class="Arachnida" family="Euctenizidae" genus="Aptostichus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aptostichus chiricahua" order="Araneae" pageId="67" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chiricahua">Aptostichus chiricahua</taxonomicName>
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Figures 142-145Map 1
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Male holotype (AP645) from Arizona, Cochise County, Portal, 31.91369, -109.1408 1, 1450m, coll. S. Bennett 12.ix.1980; deposited in AMNH.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition from the type locality, the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males can be diagnosed on the basis of a unique conformation of the tibia leg I, spination pattern which comprises numerous spines on the prolateral and distal surfaces (Figs 142-144). This spination pattern is most similar to the Channel Islands species
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, however the
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type specimen has considerably more spines, two rows, along the distal, prolateral aspects of the mating clasper tibia. A considerable geographic distance separates
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and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Euctenizidae" genus="Aptostichus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aptostichus nateevansi" order="Araneae" pageId="67" pageNumber="68" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nateevansi">Aptostichus nateevansi</taxonomicName>
. The geographical proximate species,
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, has dissimilar mating clasper morphology and has a distinct offset prolateral rastellar spine and thus is a
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group species.
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Description of male holotype.</paragraph>
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Specimen preparation and condition. Specimen presumably collected live, wandering, preserved in 70% EtOH. Pedipalp, leg I left side removed, stored in vial with specimen; leg IV left side missing. General coloration. Carapace, chelicerae, dark reddish brown 2.5YR 2.5/4. Abdomen yellowish red 5YR 4/6, distinct mottled dorsal markings. Cephalothorax. Carapace 6.25 long, 5.10 wide, hirsute with intermingled thin white, black setae; stout black bristles along fringe; surface smooth, pars cephalica elevated. Fringe, posterior margin with black bristles. Foveal groove deep, straight. Eyes elevated on high mound. AER slightly procurved, PER strongly recurved. PME, AME subequal diameter. Sternum moderately setose, STRl 3.35, STRw 2.88. Posterior sternal sigilla moderate in size, positioned towards margin, not contiguous, anterior sigilla pairs small, oval, marginal. Chelicerae with distinct anterior tooth row comprising 6 teeth, posterior margin with patch of small denticles. Palpal endites with patch of small cuspules on proximal, inner margin, labium with 2 cuspules, LBw 0.94, LBl 0.65. Rastellum consists of 5 stout spines not on prominent mound. Abdomen. Setose, heavy black setae intermingled with fine black setae. Legs. Leg I: 5.60, 3.88, 3.80, 2.48, 2.33; leg IV: 5.55, 2.92. Tarsus I, slender, tarsus IV straight. Light tarsal scopulae on all legs, light scopulae on metatarsus I, II. Tarsus I with single, slightly staggered row of 12 trichobothria. Leg I spination pattern
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in Figures 142-144 comprising heavy spination on the patella, tibia, metatarsus; TSp 5, TSr 4, TSrd 3. Pedipalp. Articles slender, lacking distinct spines (Fig. 145). PTw 0.85, PTl 2.57, Bl 1.11. Embolus broad, tapering sharply toward tip, lacking serrations (Fig. 145).
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<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Variation. Known only from the type specimen.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="68" pageNumber="69" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Description of female.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Known only from male specimens.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Known only from the type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Distribution and natural history.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Euctenizidae" genus="Aptostichus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aptostichus chiricahua" order="Araneae" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chiricahua">Aptostichus chiricahua</taxonomicName>
is known only from a single specimen taken from the type locality in Arizona, Cochise Co., Portal (Map 1). Despite extensive collecting efforts in the area female burrows have never been observed. Based on the paucity of specimens, the species may be quite rare.
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Figures 142-145.
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sp. n. holotype specimen from Arizona, Cochise Co., Portal Arizona; scale bars = 1.0mm. 142-144 leg I 142 retrolateral aspect [806094] 143 prolateral aspect [806090] 144 line drawings of leg I retrolateral and prolateral aspects 145 retrolateral aspect, pedipalp [806096].
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<subSubSection pageId="68" pageNumber="69" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Undetermined but likely to be imperiled given its restricted distribution and rarity in collections.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Species concept applied.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Morphological.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Remarks.</paragraph>
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As noted above in the description of
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,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Euctenizidae" genus="Aptostichus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aptostichus chiricahua" order="Araneae" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chiricahua">Aptostichus chiricahua</taxonomicName>
has a mating clasper that is very similar to the California Channel Island species and thus may be closely related despite the disjunct distribution.
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