Species Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)
- Idiops sigillatus Cambridge, O.P.- 1870. Monograph of the genus Idiops, including descriptions of several species new to science. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 101-108 pl. 8 [10 Feb. 1870] [105] [BMNH 93.7.4.47
adult described as Idiosoma sigillatum (Cambridge) by Pocock, R.I. 1897. On some trapdoor spiders of the family Ctenizidae from South and West Australia, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 19: 109–116 [Jan. 1897]]. Type data:
Holotype OUM ♂ adult, Swan River, WA. - Idiosoma hirsutum Main, B.Y. 1952. Notes on the genus Idiosoma, a supposedly rare Western Australian trap-door spider. Western Australian Naturalist 3: 130-137 [15 Sept. 1952] [131].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 29–1060 ♀ adult, VICtoria Park, WA.
Paratype(s) WAM 1914–1069 ♀ adult.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rix, M.G., Main, B.Y., Raven, R.J. & Harvey, M.S. in Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Main, B.Y., Harrison, S., Austin, A.D., Cooper, S.J.B. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. Invertebrate Systematics 31: 566–634 [593]
Generic Combinations
- Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Darling Ranges (northern part only), Swan River coastal plain, Rottnest Is.
IBRA
WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
In Casuarina groves in jarrah forest, burrow in litter on sandy-gravel soils, with thin trapdoor and fan of twig-lines.
General References
Ausserer, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autour.). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224 [4 Jan. 1871] (taxonomy)
Main, B.Y. 1957. Biology of aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 402-473 [Dec. 1957] (distribution, habitat, burrow, seasonal life)
Rix, M.G., Huey, J.A., Cooper, S.J.B., Austin, A.D. & Harvey, M.S. 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 [64, Figs 4–6, 16, 17, 25, 351–373, 375]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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15-Oct-2020 | IDIOPIDAE Simon, 1889 | 10-Jul-2018 | MODIFIED | |
15-Oct-2020 | 27-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Oct-2020 | 11-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |