One of the most unique genera of American trapdoors, this spider possess a flat posterior abdominal aspect... in other words, this spider as a flat butt!
All the original specimens from the original describer (Hentz, 1841) are lost [1]. The species was first described as Mygale truncata. In 1871 Ausserer erected the genus Cyclocosmia and the species was moved there [1]. Interestingly, Hentz does not say the spider use a trapdoor, but the rest of [1] definitely shows that it does!
BLAST... this paper [1] is mixing up truncata and torreya. still a good resource, but i need to do some figuring before i can properly utilize it. (torreya was described in 1975, the paper is from 1936)
LIT [1] NOTES ON NEW AND RARE AMERICAN MYGALOMORPH SPIDERS
W. J. GERTSCH AND H. K. WALLACE _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
Last edited by cacoseraph on Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:24 pm; edited 3 times in total
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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