Ancylotrypa magnisigillata

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Kokstad wafer-lid trapdoor spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Ancylotrypa
Species:
A. magnisigillata
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa magnisigillata
(Hewitt, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter magnisigillatusHewitt, 1914

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

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Distribution

Ancylotrypa magnisigillata is known from the Eastern Cape (Sunday's River Valley, Uitenhage) and KwaZulu-Natal (Kokstad, the type locality), at an elevation of 1325 meters above sea level. [2]

Habitat and ecology

Ground dwellers that live in silk-lined burrows. Males wander and are sampled from pitfall traps in the Grassland biome. [2]

Description

Only the female has been described for this species. [1]

Conservation

Listed as Data Deficient on the South African Red List for taxonomic reasons. The species is known only from the holotype female. More sampling is needed to collect the male and determine its range. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ancylotrypa magnisigillata (Hewitt, 1914)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2022). The Cyrtaucheniidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 1–37. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6760048. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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