Rhytidicolus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
Genus: | Rhytidicolus Simon, 1889[1] |
Species: | R. structor
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Binomial name | |
Rhytidicolus structor Simon, 1889
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Rhytidicolus is a monotypic genus of South American wafer trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Rhytidicolus structor. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1889,[2] and has only been found in Venezuela.[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985[3] and Rhytidicolidae in 2022.[4]