Species Idiommata blackwallii (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)

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Regional Maps

• Idiops blackwallii Cambridge, O.P.- 1870. Supplementary notice on the genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 152-157 pl. 8 [10 Mar. 1870] [154].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 43.14 ♂ adult, Swan River, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Offshore islands WA e.g. Rottnest, Garden, Abrolhos, possibly to Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low open shrubland, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal dunes, open forest woodland, grassy and shrubby open scrub, burrow made with tough parchment-like silk closed with door of toughened silk.

 

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]

Bonnet, P. 1957. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(3) 1925-3026 pp. (taxonomy)

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (natural history)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		27-Jul-2017	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)