Idiosoma subtriste
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. subtriste
Binomial name
Idiosoma subtriste
Synonyms
  • Aganippe subtristis O.P.-Cambridge, 1877
  • Idiommata schomburgki Karsch, 1878
  • Aganippe pulleinei Hogg, 1902

Idiosoma subtriste is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1877 by British arachnologist Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in South Australia, in the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges, in open scrub and woodland habitats. The type locality is Adelaide.[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cambridge, OP- (1877). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 26–39 [28].
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Idiosoma subtriste (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.


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