Ancylotrypa tookei

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Peddie 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. tookei
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa tookei
(Hewitt, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter tookei Hewitt, 1919

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

Ancylotrypa tookei is an Eastern Cape endemic described from Peddie. The species is known from Peddie and Port Elizabeth, at elevations between 7 and 349 meters above sea level.[2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows. Males are sampled from the Savanna and Thicket biomes.[2]

Description

Conservation

References

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