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title: "Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider"
description: "Myrmekiaphila comstocki — Insectos y arañas. Myrmekiaphila comstocki is a spider in the family Euctenizidae (\"wafer-lid trapdoor spiders\"), in the infraorder Mygalomorphae (\"mygalomorphs\")."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/comstock-s-wafer-trapdoor-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider

> Myrmekiaphila comstocki — Insectos y arañas. Myrmekiaphila comstocki is a spider in the family Euctenizidae ("wafer-lid trapdoor spiders"), in the infraorder Mygalomorphae ("mygalomorphs").

- Scientific name: *Myrmekiaphila comstocki*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 453
- Wikidata: [Q2132859](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2132859)
- iNaturalist taxon: [460429](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/460429)

## Names

- en: Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (272)

## Summary

Myrmekiaphila comstocki is a spider in the family Euctenizidae ("wafer-lid trapdoor spiders"), in the infraorder Mygalomorphae ("mygalomorphs").
The distribution range of Myrmekiaphila comstocki includes the USA and Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmekiaphila_comstocki

## Photo

![Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/comstock-s-wafer-trapdoor-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sam Beshear · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201326569

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/comstock-s-wafer-trapdoor-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).