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Ozicrypta hollinsae
Ozicrypta hollinsae 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 hollinsae honours Chris Hollins for her cooperation in the Queensland Museum Spider Pitfall Trapping Program, 1990–1995.
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Description
The holotype male has a total length of 15 mm, a dark brown carapace 5.5 mm long by 4.62 mm wide, a mottled brown and white abdomen 7.06 mm long by 4.37 mm wide, and yellow-brown legs. The burrow is a lidded tube, 4–6 cm deep, constructed at the base of a eucalypt tree in plant litter. The egg-sac is a translucent sphere about 1 cm in diameter.
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Central Queensland in open eucalypt forest habitats. The type locality is Mount Chalmers, just east of Rockhampton.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 831486.