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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » False Tarantulas (Nemesiidae) » Calisoga
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Calisoga
Copyright © 2006 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Calisoga
Las Trampas SP, California, USA
January 11, 2006
Size: 1cm
Well, I finally get to add a family to the guide. This tiny Mygalomorph is in the genus Aptostichus, in the family Cyrtaucheniidae. I sent the photo to an expert of Mygalomorphs at Berkely, and he was able to ID it for me.

Images of this individual: tag all
Prowling Spider???? - Calisoga Calisoga
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 12 January, 2006 - 4:38pm
Last updated 3 March, 2009 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Aptostichus.

This is an immature Calisoga. Not an easy ID, but I've seen many of these. The overall paleness of the animal, plus patternless abdomen, is pretty distinctive for the immatures.

immature cyrtaucheniids from the Bay Area would look more like this:
… marshal hedin, 3 March, 2009 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correct ID...
Thanks for the correct ID... though I'm kind of sad, because it was the first one for that family on bugguide, but I'd rather have the ID correct!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 March, 2009 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
will, don't be sad...Calis
will,

don't be sad...Calisoga is very nice!

marshal
… marshal hedin, 3 March, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Congrats!
Way to go, Will! You really did your homework, and now the whole world benefits from it. I don't think I've ever seen an image of a spider in this family, certainly not one from California. Keep up the great work:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 January, 2006 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Tag
your favorite image and move to new guide page for this genus. Thanks for the addition. Do you have any info to add?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 12 January, 2006 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Is this the same animal
pictured in ? If so, do you want to link them together, or do you want to keep this one and frass the other, or ...
… john and jane balaban, 12 January, 2006 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
As it has some good discussio
frass' em
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 January, 2006 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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