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In the following paper there is briefly described the ecology of this species
We can read there that P.murinus:
Tomasz
In the following paper there is briefly described the ecology of this species
- Gallon, R.C. 2002. Revision of the African genera Pterinochilus and Eucratoscelus (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Harpactirinae) with description of two new genera. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 201-232.
We can read there that P.murinus:
while P.chordatus for example isconstructs a dense, tubular, silken retreat beneath stones, logs and houses. It can also live arboreally within hollow tree branches. It does not seems to construct burrows, but merely occupies and adapts existing cavities.
Cheers,a fossorial species occurring in grassland habitats.
Tomasz