Ancylotrypa breyeri

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Breyer's wafer-lid trapdoor spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Ancylotrypa
Species:
A. breyeri
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa breyeri
(Hewitt, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter breyeri Hewitt, 1919

Ancylotrypa breyeri, commonly known as Breyer's wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1]

Ancylotrypa breyeri is a KwaZulu-Natal endemic species known only from the type locality of Klipspruit, at an elevation of 1013 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows. The species has been sampled from the Savanna biome.[2]

Description

Conservation

References

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