Ancylotrypa tookei
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| Peddie 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. tookei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylotrypa tookei (Hewitt, 1919) | |
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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]