Ancylotrypa

Wafer-lid trapdoor spiders
female A. brevipalpis
male A. nigriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Ancylotrypa
Simon, 1889
Type species
Ancylotrypa fossor
Simon, 1889
Diversity
43 species
Synonyms
  • Clitotrema Simon, 1904
  • Pelmatorycter Pocock, 1902
  • Stasimopella Roewer, 1953

Ancylotrypa is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Cyrtaucheniidae, commonly known as African wafer-lid trapdoor spiders. The genus is endemic to Africa and contains 43 described species, with 29 species occurring in South Africa.