Idiosoma gardneri 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 gardneri honours botanist Charles Gardner (1896–1970), former curator of the Western Australian Herbarium, who was instrumental in protecting what was to become the Lesueur National Park for posterity.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiosoma |
| Species: | I. gardneri
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| Idiosoma gardneri | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the southern Geraldton Sandplains bioregion. The type locality is heathland habitat on Mount Lesueur.[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 [38]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ a b "Species Idiosoma gardneri Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-05.