Ancylotrypa cornuta
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| Crowned wafer-lid trapdoor spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Ancylotrypa |
| Species: | A. cornuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylotrypa cornuta Purcell, 1904 | |
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Ancylotrypa cornuta, commonly known as the crowned wafer-lid trapdoor spider or Dunbrody wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]
Ancylotrypa cornuta is an Eastern Cape endemic described from Dunbrody. It has been recorded from Dunbrody, Alicedale, Addo Elephant National Park, and Adries Vosloo Nature Reserve, at an elevation of 283 meters above sea level.[2]
