Myrmekiaphila
(Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders)

Myrmekiaphila, commonly known as Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Euctenizidae. Myrmekiaphila spiders have been sighted 26 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Myrmekiaphila includes 1 countries and 9 states in the United States. Myrmekiaphila is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euctenizidae
Genus: Myrmekiaphila

Other Common Names

Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders

Author

Atkinson, 1886

Sightings Overview

There have been 26 confirmed sightings of Myrmekiaphila (Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 22, 2020 by Spider ID member joehand. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 26 sightings because of certain Myrmekiaphila sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Myrmekiaphila spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 26)
Sex: 1 female and 19 male.
Environment: Myrmekiaphila has been sighted 13 times outdoors, and 15 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Ground layer (7). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Myrmekiaphila (Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Myrmekiaphila has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.