Biology:Eucyrtops latior

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Short description: Species of spider

Eucyrtops latior
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Eucyrtops
Species:
E. latior
Binomial name
Eucyrtops latior
(O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aganippe latior O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1877

Eucyrtops latior is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1877 by British arachnologist Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions, in open forest habitats with heavily littered sandy and loamy soils.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with thin trapdoors.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cambridge, O.P- (1877). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19: 26–39 [29]. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Eucyrtops latior (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bdee5510-0759-439e-9280-ac29a737a8b9. 

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