Idiosoma dandaragan

Idiosoma dandaragan 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 dandaragan refers to the type locality.[1][2]

Idiosoma dandaragan
Male holotype
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. dandaragan
Binomial name
Idiosoma dandaragan
Rix & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions. The type locality is 19.5 km south of Moora, on the Dandaragan Plateau north of Perth.[1][2]

Female specimen

References

  1. 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 [32]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  2. "Species Idiosoma dandaragan Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-06.


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