What are these 'trapdoor spiders' spotted around San Diego?

Sometimes mistaken for small tarantulas, ‘trapdoor spiders’ are native to Southern California.

Rare Giant Trapdoor Spider Euoplos Dignitas Discovered in Australia

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What Happens To Spiders In The Winter? Learn How These Pests Survive

Southern California spiders you may be seeing in fall - Los Angeles Times

Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae)

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Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae)

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California spider hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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Male Bothriocyrtum californicum (California Trapdoor Spider) in San Diego, California United States

Is this a California trapdoor spider? In San Diego. : r/spiders

Newly discovered trapdoor spider gets a name – Daily Democrat

Male Bothriocyrtum californicum (California Trapdoor Spider) in San Diego, California United States

Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci [PeerJ]