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Idiommata iridescens

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Species of spider

Idiommata iridescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Idiommata
Species: I. iridescens
Binomial name
Idiommata iridescens
(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Lampropodus iridescens Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Idiommata iridescens is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Eidsvold in the North Burnett Region.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

References

  1. ^ Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 . doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. ^ "Species Idiommata iridescens (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
Taxon identifiers
Idiommata iridescens


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