Ancylotrypa Explained

Ancylotrypa is a genus of African wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.^[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1953.^[2]

Species

it contains 43 species:^[3]

• Ancylotrypa angulata Roewer, 1953 – Congo
• Ancylotrypa atra Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Kenya
• Ancylotrypa barbertoni (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa bicornuta Strand, 1906 – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa brevicornis (Hewitt, 1919) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa brevipalpis (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa brevipes (Karsch, 1879) – West Africa
• Ancylotrypa breyeri (Hewitt, 1919) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa bulcocki (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa coloniae (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa cornuta Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa decorata (Lessert, 1938) – Congo
• Ancylotrypa dentata (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa dreyeri (Hewitt, 1915) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa elongata Purcell, 1908 – Botswana
• Ancylotrypa fasciata Fage, 1936 – Kenya
• Ancylotrypa flaviceps (Pocock, 1898) – East Africa
• Ancylotrypa flavidofusula (Hewitt, 1915) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa fodiens (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
• Ancylotrypa fossor Simon, 1889 (type) – Central Africa
• Ancylotrypa granulata (Hewitt, 1935) – Botswana
• Ancylotrypa kankundana Roewer, 1953 – Congo
• Ancylotrypa kateka (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
• Ancylotrypa lateralis (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa magnisigillata (Hewitt, 1914) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa namaquensis (Purcell, 1908) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa nigriceps (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa nuda (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa nudipes (Hewitt, 1923) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa oneili (Purcell, 1902) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa pallidipes (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa parva (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa pretoriae (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa pusilla Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa rufescens (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa schultzei (Purcell, 1908) – Namibia
• Ancylotrypa sororum (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa spinosa Simon, 1889 – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa tookei (Hewitt, 1919) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa tuckeri Roewer, 1953 – Congo
• Ancylotrypa vryheidensis (Hewitt, 1915) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa zebra (Simon, 1892) – South Africa
• Ancylotrypa zeltneri (Simon, 1904) – Ethiopia
• Ancylotrypa zuluensis (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1889. Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae.. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 405–415. 42.
2. Roewer. C. F.. 1953. Araneae-Orthognatha (Arachnoidae). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. De Witte. 22. 34.
3. Gen. Ancylotrypa Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.