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    Idiosoma occidentale

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    Idiosoma occidentale
    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. occidentale
    Binomial name
    Idiosoma occidentale
    (Hogg, 1903)[1]
    Synonyms
    • Aganippe occidentalis Hogg, 1903

    Idiosoma occidentale is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1903 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]

    Distribution and habitat

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    The species occurs in north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Roebourne in the Pilbara region, some 1,560 km north of Perth.[1][2]

    Behaviour

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    The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

    References

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    1. ^ a b c Hogg, HR (1903). "Two new Australian spiders of the family Ctenizidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (11): 308–312 [309].
    2. ^ a b c "Species Idiosoma occidentale (Hogg, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.


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