Ancylotrypa oneili

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
O'Neil'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. oneili
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa oneili
(Purcell, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Cyrtauchenius o'neili Purcell, 1902
  • Pelmatorycter oneili Simon, 1903

Ancylotrypa oneili, commonly known as O'Neil's wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]

Ancylotrypa oneili is an Eastern Cape endemic known only from the type locality of Dunbrody, Sunday's River, at an elevation of 66 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Free-living ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows. The species has been sampled from the Thicket biome.[2]

Description

Conservation

References

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