Idiosoma occidentale

Idiosoma occidentale is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1903 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]

Idiosoma occidentale
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. occidentale
Binomial name
Idiosoma occidentale
(Hogg, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aganippe occidentalis Hogg, 1903

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Roebourne in the Pilbara region, some 1,560 km north of Perth.[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References
  1. Hogg, HR (1903). "Two new Australian spiders of the family Ctenizidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (11): 308–312 [309].
  2. "Species Idiosoma occidentale (Hogg, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.


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