Ozicrypta reticulata

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Ozicrypta reticulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Ozicrypta
Species:
O. reticulata
Binomial name
Ozicrypta reticulata
(L.Koch, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Idiommata reticulataL.Koch, 1874
  • Encyocrypta reticulataPocock, 1895

Ozicrypta reticulata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1874 by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in North Queensland in rainforest habitats. The type locality is the Eungella National Park in the Clarke Range. Koch originally gave the type locality as “Sydney”, evidently an error, that has subsequently been corrected. [3] [2]

Behaviour

The spiders are terrestrial predators. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Koch, L (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol. 1. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576 [474].
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Ozicrypta reticulata (L.Koch, 1874)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [466]. Retrieved 2023-07-08.