Ozicrypta wallacei
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| Ozicrypta wallacei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Ozicrypta |
| Species: | O. wallacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ozicrypta wallacei | |
Ozicrypta wallacei is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Robert Raven and Tracey Churchill. The specific epithet wallacei honours Doug William Wallace, an expert on the spiders of the Rockhampton area and contributor to the collections of the Queensland Museum.[1][2]