Idiosoma jarrah
Appearance
Idiosoma jarrah | |
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Male holotype | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: | Idiosoma |
Species: | I. jarrah
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Binomial name | |
Idiosoma jarrah |
Idiosoma jarrah is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet jarrah refers to the bioregion in which the spiders are found.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Jarrah Forest bioregion, in mixed jarrah and marri forest on and east of the Darling Scarp, from Bullsbrook southwards to Boddington and Arthur River. The type locality is Lesmurdie, a suburb of Perth.[1][2]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rix, MG; Huey, JA; Cooper, SJB; Austin, AD; Harvey, MS (2018). "Conservation systematics of the shield-backed trapdoor spiders of the nigrum-group (Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae, Idiosoma): integrative taxonomy reveals a diverse and threatened fauna from south-western Australia". ZooKeys (756): 1–121 [46]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ a b "Species Idiosoma jarrah Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.