Ozicrypta palmarum

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Ozicrypta palmarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Ozicrypta
Species:
O. palmarum
Binomial name
Ozicrypta palmarum
(Hogg, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idioctis palmarum Hogg, 1901
  • Idiommata palmarum Raven, 1985

Ozicrypta palmarum is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

The species occurs in arid Central Australia in riverine gallery forest. The type locality is Palm Creek, in the Finke Gorge National Park south-west of Alice Springs. The lectotype female was obtained during the course of the 1894 Horn Expedition.[3][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 218–279.
  2. ^ a b "Species Ozicrypta palmarum (Hogg, 1901)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. ^ Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [459]. Retrieved 2023-07-08.