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Teyl damsonoides

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Teyl damsonoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Teyl
Species:
T. damsonoides
Binomial name
Teyl damsonoides
(Main, 1983)[1]
Synonyms
  • Merredinia damsonoides Main, 1983

Teyl damsonoides is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1983 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in inland south-western Western Australia in woodland, scrub and open heath habitats. The type locality is Lake Cronin in the Great Western Woodlands region.[2]

Behaviour

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The spiders are fossorial terrestrial predators that dig deep sinuous burrows, stopped with soil plugs during the summer.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Main, BY (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Dipluridae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): two new genera from south Western Australia". Journal of Natural History. 17: 923–949 [933].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Teyl damsonoides (Main, 1983)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-21.