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Myrmekiaphila
Myrmekiaphila is a genus of trapdoor spiders in the family Euctenizidae. All described species are endemic to the southeastern United States. The genus was transferred from the Ctenizidae by Raven in 1985. M. flavipes was transferred from genus Aptostichus in 2007.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider
speciesMyrmekiaphila comstocki

Myrmekiaphila foliata
speciesMyrmekiaphila foliata

Myrmekiaphila jenkinsi
speciesMyrmekiaphila jenkinsi

Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi
speciesMyrmekiaphila neilyoungi

Myrmekiaphila torreya
speciesMyrmekiaphila torreya

Myrmekiaphila coreyi
speciesMyrmekiaphila coreyi

Myrmekiaphila millerae
speciesMyrmekiaphila millerae

Myrmekiaphila minuta
speciesMyrmekiaphila minuta

Myrmekiaphila tigris
speciesMyrmekiaphila tigris

Myrmekiaphila howelli
speciesMyrmekiaphila howelli

Myrmekiaphila fluviatilis
speciesMyrmekiaphila fluviatilis
Myrmekiaphila flavipes
speciesMyrmekiaphila flavipes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172383.