Idiosoma sigillatum

Idiosoma sigillatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Idiosoma
Species:
I. sigillatum
Binomial name
Idiosoma sigillatum
Synonyms
  • Idiops sigillatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1870
  • Idiosoma hirsutum Main, 1952

Idiosoma sigillatum is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1870 by British arachnologist Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest bioregions, including the Darling Scarp and Rottnest Island, in open forest habitats. The type locality is Swan River (Perth).[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows with trapdoors in plant litter on sandy-gravel soils, with a fan of twig-lines around the entrance.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cambridge, O. P.- (1870). "Monograph of the genus Idiops, including descriptions of several species new to science". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1870: 101–108 [105].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-30.


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