Idiosoma occidentale
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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. occidentale
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| Idiosoma occidentale | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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].
- ^ 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.