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Eucyrtops eremaeus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Eucyrtops
Species:	E. eremaeus
Binomial name
Eucyrtops eremaeus Main, 1957

Eucyrtops eremaeus is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1957 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia in the Murchison bioregion, in open mulga shrubland habitats with braided watercourses on clay-loam soils. The type locality is Cardinia Creek, near the ghost town of Malcolm.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct and shelter in burrows with trapdoors.

References

1. ^ Main, BY (1957). "Biology of aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5: 402–473 .
2. ^ "Species Eucyrtops eremaeus Main, 1957". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-15.

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