Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Mygalomorphae
- Family: Halonoproctidae
- Genus: Bothriocyrtum
- Species: Bothriocyrtum californicum
Common Name (AAS)
California Trapdoor Spider
Author
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1874
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Sightings Overview
There have been 15 confirmed sightings of Bothriocyrtum californicum (California Trapdoor Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 22, 2024 by Spider ID member ixhumes123. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 15 sightings because of certain Bothriocyrtum californicum sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 7% of the time, Bothriocyrtum californicum spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 15)
- Sex: 0 female and 14 male.
- Environment: Bothriocyrtum californicum has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 4 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (3).
Location and Range
Bothriocyrtum californicum (California Trapdoor Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Bothriocyrtum californicum has also been sighted in the following states: California.
Seasonality
Bothriocyrtum californicum has been primarily sighted during the month of January.
- January: 14
- February:
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- October:
- November:
- December: 1
Additional Remarks
Type species.