Atypus muralis

Species of spider

Atypus muralis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Mygalomorphae
Family:  | Atypidae
Genus:  | Atypus
Species:  |

A. muralis

Binomial name
Atypus muralis

Bertkau, 1890

Synonyms

* Atypus piceus
* Proatypus muralis

Atypus muralis is a mygalomorph spider from Central Europe to Turkmenistan. It is very similar to Atypus piceus, but the posterior spinnerets consist of four instead of three segments.[1] They also build tubes that can be up to 1 m deep. Females grow to around 12 mm, while males grow to 9 mm.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Jones, Dick (1989) A Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (revised edition), Hamlyn, ISBN 0-600-56710-9, p. 46

Taxon identifiers

Atypus muralis|

* Wikidata: Q692729
* Wikispecies: Atypus muralis
* ADW: Atypus_muralis
* Araneae: 874
* BioLib: 415
* CoL: JNYM
* EoL: 732432
* EUNIS: 224223
* Fauna Europaea: 348559
* Fauna Europaea (new): 4a39cc17-6fb5-463c-8b54-75bd1bb14228
* GBIF: 5171651
* iNaturalist: 497726
* IRMNG: 11263002
* ITIS: 852559
* NCBI: 1244540
* Open Tree of Life: 3575617
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000090

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