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Family Euctenizidae (wafer-lid trapdoor spiders) 
Aptostichus sp. 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Gerritt’s Cave; Keith’s Chasm; Linda’s Cave; Lost Piton Cave; Music Hall Cave. 
Comment: Trap door spiders may frequent many more caves than are indicated by these few records. 
Bibliography: Bosted (1994b); Elliott (1978a); McEachem and Grady (1978). 
Aptostichus chavezi Bond 
Records: Tuolumne Co.: Crystal Palace. 
Comment: This species has been taken on the surface in Fresno and Tulare counties. 
Bibliography: Bond (2012). 
Family Nemesiidae 
Calisoga sp. (false tarantula) (troglophile?) 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Barren Cave; Carlito’s Cave; Crystal Stanislaus Cave; Diane’s Cave; Heater Cave; Poison Oak 
Cave. Tulare Co.: Lost Soldier’s Cave; Overhang Cave. Tuolumne Co.: Bend Cave; Banksula Cave; Bend Cave; 
McLean’s Cave. 
Comment: Although many of these records have been attributed to C. theveneti (Simon), the species composition of Cal¬ 
isoga has not yet been resolved and it is not clear which or how many species occur in caves. 
Bibliography: McEachem and Grady (1978). 
Family Theraphosidae (tarantulas) 
Undetermined 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Crystal Stanislaus Cave. Riverside Co.: *Cahuilla Creek Caves. 
Bibliography: DeLucia (1982); Quick (1972a, 1980a). 
Aphonopelma sp. 
Records: San Benito Co.: Bear Gulch Cave. Tulare Co.: Overhang Cave. 
Bibhography: Krejca (2006). 
INFRAORDER ARANEOMORPHAE 
Family Agelenidae (funnel weavers) 
Undetermined 
Records: Siskiyou Co.: Mushpot Cave; Crystal Ice Cave. Tulare Co.: Crystal Sequoia Cave. 
Bibhography: Krejca (2006). 
Family Amaurobiidae (hacklemesh weavers) 
Undetermined 
Records: Fresno Co.: Boyden Cave. Tulare Co.: Bear Den Cave; Lost Soldier’s Cave; Overhang Cave; Walk Softly Cave; 
Wiessraum Cave. 
Bibhography: Krejca (2006). 
Amaurobius sp. 
Record: Tulare Co.: Crystal Sequoia Cave. 
Bibhography: Briggs (1993); Krejca (2006). 
Callobius sp. 
Records: San Benito Co.: Bear Gulch Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Angleworm/Lost Pinnacle Cave; Arch Cave No. 2; Catacombs 
Cave; Mushpot Cave; Skull Ice Cave; Spider Cave; Valentine Cave. Tulare Co.: May’s Cave. 
Bibhography: Krejca (2006); Lee, V.F. (1985a); Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Callobius nevadensis (Simon) 
Record: Shasta Co.: Subway Cave. 
Bibhography: Leech (1972). 
Callobius rothi Leech 
Record: caves. 
