Eucyrtops latior explained

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]

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.[1]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with thin trapdoors.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Eucyrtops latior (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877). . 2023-02-03. Australian Faunal Directory . Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia . 2023-08-14.