Ancylotrypa tookei

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Peddie 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. tookei
Binomial name
Ancylotrypa tookei
(Hewitt, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Pelmatorycter tookeiHewitt, 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]

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Distribution

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

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

Conservation

Listed as Data Deficient on the South African Red List for taxonomic reasons. The species is rare and more sampling is needed to collect the female and determine their range. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ancylotrypa tookei (Hewitt, 1919)". 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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