Eucyrtops latior

Eucyrtops latior is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1877 by British arachnologist Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Jarrah Forest and Swan [Coastal Plain] bioregions, in open forest habitats with heavily littered sandy and loamy soils.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with thin trapdoors.