Idiosoma kwongan
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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. kwongan
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| Binomial name | |
| Idiosoma kwongan | |
Idiosoma kwongan is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet kwongan refers to the spiders’ preferred habitat.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the southern Geraldton Sandplains bioregion, in kwongan Banksia heathlands. The type locality is laterite heath 10 km east of Green Head.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rix, MG; Huey, JA; Cooper, SJB; Austin, AD; Harvey, MS (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 [53]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ a b "Species Idiosoma kwongan Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.