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]
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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. palmarum
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| Ozicrypta palmarum | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Species Ozicrypta palmarum (Hogg, 1901)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ 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.