''Antrodiaetus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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
the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:
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Antrodiaetus apachecus''
Coyle, 1971 — USA
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Antrodiaetus ashlandensis''
Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
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Antrodiaetus cerberus''
Coyle, 1971 — USA
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Antrodiaetus coylei''
Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
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Antrodiaetus effeminatus''
Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
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Antrodiaetus hageni''
(Chamberlin, 1917) — USA
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Antrodiaetus lincolnianus''
(Worley, 1928) — USA
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Antrodiaetus metapacificus''
Cokendolpher, Peck & Niwa, 2005 — USA
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Antrodiaetus microunicolor''
Hendrixson & Bond, 2005 — USA
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Antrodiaetus montanus''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) — USA
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Antrodiaetus occultus''
Coyle, 1971 — USA
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Antrodiaetus pacificus''
(Simon, 1884) — USA
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Antrodiaetus pugnax''
(Chamberlin, 1917) — USA
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Antrodiaetus robustus''
(Simon, 1891) — USA
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Antrodiaetus roretzi
''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" (αν ...
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(L. Koch, 1878) — Japan
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Antrodiaetus stygius''
Coyle, 1971 — USA
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Antrodiaetus unicolor''
(Hentz, 1842) — USA
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Antrodiaetus yesoensis''
(Uyemura, 1942) — Japan
References
Antrodiaetidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of the United States
Taxa named by Anton Ausserer
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