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Bothriocyrtum californicum

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Bothriocyrtum californicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Halonoproctidae
Genus: Bothriocyrtum
Species:
B. californicum
Binomial name
Bothriocyrtum californicum
(O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)

Bothriocyrtum californicum, the California trapdoor spider, is a species of spider in the family Halonoproctidae. It is found in the United States.[1] Males are smaller than females.[2] Predators include the spider wasp Psorthaspis planata, which use their bodies as larval nurseries, and skunks, which dig up their burrows.[2]

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  1. ^ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Bothriocyrtum californicum". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ a b Hogue & Hogue (2015), p. 388.

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