African Red Trapdoor

[Spider Tyrant]

Well I picked up the 15th Arachnid in my collection today. The problem is that thought I can find this spider online, I cannot find its latin name. Does anyone know it?

[Scorp guy]

try gorgylla sp. i think.

[Glen Southern]

Is it one of these?.............

http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/arachnid/id/id003.jpg

[Spider Tyrant]

Perfect! Do you know a good site that I can find the exact specifics about them? I dont have too much detailed information on them.

[MacCleod]

I know they are hard to identify, as there are a lot of different species, and they all look the same at first sight.
I used to have one of those red ones, and I identified it with the book "Baboon and trapdoorspiders of Southern Africa". It's a very good book for identifying species like this. You should look at the position of the eyes. That's one of the main differences between the species.
Mine was Idiops sp.

[Spider Tyrant]

My Trapdoor is the one that Glen posted a picture of. I can tell not only through coloration and pattern, but the eyes are in the same spots also.