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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Eucyrtops |
| Species: | E. eremaeus
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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.[2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct and shelter in burrows with trapdoors.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Main, BY (1957). "Biology of aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5: 402–473 [421].
- ^ a b c "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.