Ancylotrypa pretoriae
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| Pretoria wafer-lid trapdoor spider | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Ancylotrypa |
| Species: | A. pretoriae |
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| Ancylotrypa pretoriae (Hewitt, 1913) | |
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Ancylotrypa pretoriae, commonly known as the Pretoria wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to South Africa.[1]
Ancylotrypa pretoriae is known from five provinces: Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State, and Northern Cape. The type locality is Garsfontein in Gauteng. The species occurs at elevations between 99 and 454 meters above sea level.[2]
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