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Teyl damsonoides
Scientific 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)
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.

Distribution and habitat

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.

Behaviour

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

References

1. ^ 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 .
2. ^ "Species Teyl damsonoides (Main, 1983)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-21.

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