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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Haplogynes » Crevice Weavers (Filistatidae) » Kukulcania
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trapdoor spider type two - Kukulcania
Copyright © 2008 Mike "troll" Dame

trapdoor spider type two - Kukulcania
Brentwood, contra costa County, California, USA
January 7, 2008
Size: 11mm
found by accidentally breaking into its burrow digging, burrow was a sealed trap door at the base of a small oak tree on the side of a gully. it was injured during our work and lost most of the #1 legs im hopeing the #2s will all for determining weather or not its a Promyrmekiaphila species or something else. at first glance its markings remind me of a Kukulcania but the burrow was definitely a trapdoor spider burrow 3' long at lease.

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trapdoor spider type two - Kukulcania trapdoor spider type two - Kukulcania Kukulcania w/ regenerated front legs - Kukulcania - female Kukulcania w/ regenerated front legs - Kukulcania - female Kukulcania w/ regenerated front legs - Kukulcania - female
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Contributed by Mike "troll" Dame on 5 February, 2008 - 11:49pm
Last updated 12 February, 2008 - 4:15pm

It
certainly does appear to be a Kukulcania.
An old, abandoned burrow would be quickly utilized by one.

I may have found this same small species in Lafayette under rocks and in stone walls, with the spiders and webs completely isolated from light. A burrow would have the same effect.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 6 February, 2008 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

 
i dunno if i should of added them to these
heres some pics of the spider with newly regenerated legs
http://bugguide.net/node/view/175958
… Mike "troll" Dame, 13 April, 2008 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
yup
i do believe your right its spun a doily web. that also explains the sheets of webbing across the tunnel going all the way down the burrow, i found them to be out of character for a trapdoor but the walls were lined like a trapdoor burrow and the burrow was sealed with dirt so i assumed... the carapace markings also reminded me of the trapdoor spiders i found in Martinez that arnt a Promyrmekiaphila sp
… Mike "troll" Dame, 12 February, 2008 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

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