Teyl luculentus, also known as the citrine spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1975 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main, and is the type species of the genus.[1][2]

Teyl luculentus
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. luculentus
Binomial name
Teyl luculentus
Main, 1975[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in inland south-western Western Australia in low open woodland and open scrub habitats. They are found mainly in Eucalyptus loxophleba and Acacia acuminata plant communities around granite outcrops, and in summer-dry Melaleuca bogs. The type locality is 14.5 km north of the town of Bruce Rock in the Wheatbelt.[2]

Behaviour

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The spiders are fossorial terrestrial predators.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Main, BY (1975). "The citrine spider: a new genus of trap-door spider (Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae)". Western Australian Naturalist. 13: 73–78 [74].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Teyl luculentus Main, 1975". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-21.