Idiosoma intermedium 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 intermedium comes from Latin intermedius (‘in between’ or ‘intermediate’), in reference to the intermediate size of the sigilla and relatively unsclerotised abdomen.[1][2]

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

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the eastern Avon Wheatbelt and north-western Coolgardie bioregions. The type locality is Bodallin.[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 [43]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ^ a b "Species Idiosoma intermedium Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.