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 | |
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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. corrugatum
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Binomial name | |
Idiosoma corrugatum |
Distribution and habitat
editThe 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]
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 [30]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ 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.