Idiosoma corrugatum 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 corrugatum (from Latin corrugatus: ‘ridged’) refers to the corrugated abdomen.[1][2]

Idiosoma corrugatum
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. corrugatum
Binomial name
Idiosoma corrugatum
Rix & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in South Australia where it has a restricted distribution in the central-eastern Eyre Peninsula. The type locality is 86 km south-west of Kimba.[1][2]

 
Female specimen

References

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  1. ^ 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 [30]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  2. ^ a b "Species Idiosoma corrugatum Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-06.