| Venterskroon 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. brevicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylotrypa brevicornis (Hewitt, 1919) | |
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Ancylotrypa brevicornis, commonly known as the Venterskroon wafer-lid trapdoor spider, is a species of spider of the genus Ancylotrypa . It is endemic to South Africa. [1]
Ancylotrypa brevicornis is known from three South African provinces: Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West. Type locality is Venterskroon in North West Province. The species occurs at elevations between 1120 and 1628 meters above sea level. [2]
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows. In addition to constructing a thin wafer-lid trapdoor, these spiders use a hard, spherical plug made of soil particles held together by silk to close the burrow entrance. The species has been sampled from both Grassland and Savanna biomes. [2]
Both males and females have been described for this species. [1]
Listed as Least Concern on the South African Red List. The species is protected in Nylsvley Nature Reserve, where burrow-constructing behavior has been studied. [2]
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