Eucyrtops latior

Eucyrtops latior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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. ^ a b Cambridge, O.P- (1877). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 19: 26–39 [29].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Eucyrtops latior (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-14.


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