Ozicrypta wallacei is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Robert Raven and Tracey Churchill. The specific epithet wallacei honours Doug William Wallace, an expert on the spiders of the Rockhampton area and contributor to the collections of the Queensland Museum.[1][2]
| Ozicrypta wallacei | |
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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: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Ozicrypta |
| Species: | O. wallacei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ozicrypta wallacei | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in coastal Central Queensland in rainforest and vine thicket habitats. The type locality is Farnborough, near Yeppoon, on the Capricorn Coast.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [473]. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ a b "Species Ozicrypta wallacei Raven & Churchill, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-08.