Eucyrtops

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Eucyrtops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Eucyrtops
Pocock, 1897 [1]
Type species
E. latior
Species

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Eucyrtops is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. [2]

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Species

As of August 2022 the genus contained three species, all from Western Australia: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Eucyrtops Pocock, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On some trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae from South and West Australia, contained in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19 (6): 109–116. doi:10.1080/00222939708680509.