Ancylotrypa magnisigillata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Kokstad 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. magnisigillata
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa magnisigillata
(Hewitt, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter magnisigillatus Hewitt, 1914

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

Ancylotrypa magnisigillata is known from the Eastern Cape (Sunday's River Valley, Uitenhage) and KwaZulu-Natal (Kokstad, the type locality), at an elevation of 1325 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows. Males wander and are sampled from pitfall traps in the Grassland biome.[2]

Description

Conservation

References

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