Apomastus
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Apomastus
| authority = Bond & Opell, 2002
| type_species = A. schlingeri
| type_species_authority = Bond & Opell, 2002
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Specieslist
| A. kristenae|Bond, 2004 – USA
| A. schlingeri|Bond & Opell, 2002 – USA}}
}}
Apomastus is a genus of North American mygalomorph spiders in the family Euctenizidae, and was first described by Jason Bond & B. D. Opell in 2002.{{cite journal| last1=Bond| first1=J. E.| last2=Opell| first2=B. D.| year=2002| title=Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera of south-western North American Euctenizinae trapdoor spiders and their relatives (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae).| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| pages=487–534| volume=136| issue=3| doi=10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00035.x| doi-access=free}} {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only two species, both found in the Los Angeles Basin of southern California:{{cite web| title=Genus Apomastus| publisher=BugGuide| accessdate=2019-06-03| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/179938}} A. kristenae and A. schlingeri.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Apomastus Bond & Opell, 2002| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-06-03| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/856| doi=10.24436/2}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://bugguide.net/node/view/179938 Apomastus] at BugGuide
Further reading
- {{cite journal| last=Bond| first=J. E.| year=2004| title=Systematics of the Californian euctenizine spider genus Apomastus (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae): the relationship between molecular and morphological taxonomy| journal=Invertebrate Systematics| volume=18| issue=4| pages=361–376| doi=10.1071/IS04008| url=https://zenodo.org/record/3236882}}
- {{cite journal| last1=Bond| first1=J.E.| display-authors=etal| year=2006| title=Combining genetic and geospatial analyses to infer population extinction in mygalomorph spiders endemic to the Los Angeles region| journal=Animal Conservation| volume=9| issue=2| pages=145–157| doi=10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00024.x}}
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Category:Spiders of the United States
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