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.
Secondary source:
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].
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.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
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)