Teyl damsonoides

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.