Ancylotrypa dreyeri

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Dreyer'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. dreyeri
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa dreyeri
(Hewitt, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter dreyeri Hewitt, 1915

Ancylotrypa dreyeri, commonly known as Dreyer's wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to the Free State, South Africa.[1]

Ancylotrypa dreyeri is a Free State endemic described from Bloemfontein. It is known from Bloemfontein, Clocolan (Mpetsane Conservation Estate), Free State National Botanical Gardens, and Amanzi Private Game Reserve, occurring at elevations between 1385 and 1599 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows made in the Grassland biome.[2]

Description

Conservation

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