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03-JAN-2015 Daniel D. Dye

Trapdoor Spider Female (Myrmekiaphila sp.)

Gadsden County, Florida

Female Trapdoor Spider (Myrmekiaphila sp.) found on a steep sphagnum covered small cliff in Gadsden County, Florida next to a small pond. Three species of Myrmekiaphila spiders overlap this area according to a paper published in December of 2007 (A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae) by Jason E. Bond and Norman I. Platnick). They are: Myrmekiaphila coreyi, Myrmekiaphila torreya and Myrmekiaphila minuta.

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joseph 29-Aug-2016 23:23
Found one next to a trap yard in big pine key under thr lip of a trash can
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