Ancylotrypa flavidofusula

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Alicedale 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. flavidofusula
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa flavidofusula
(Hewitt, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter flavidofusulus Hewitt, 1915

Ancylotrypa flavidofusula, commonly known as the Alicedale wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]

Ancylotrypa flavidofusula is an Eastern Cape endemic known only from the type locality of Alicedale, at an elevation of 283 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows. Males wander in search of females. The species has been sampled from the Thicket biome.[2]

Description

Conservation

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