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]
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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. subtriste
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| Binomial name | |
| Idiosoma subtriste (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Cambridge, OP- (1877). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 26–39 [28].
- ^ a b c "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.