Ancylotrypa rufescens
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| Roodeplaat wafer-lid trapdoor spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Ancylotrypa |
| Species: | A. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylotrypa rufescens (Hewitt, 1916) | |
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Ancylotrypa rufescens, commonly known as the Roodeplaat wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa. It is endemic to South Africa.[1]
Ancylotrypa rufescens is known from three provinces: Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West. The type locality is Roodeplaatdam. The species occurs at elevations between 1051 and 1439 meters above sea level.[2]
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