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

Idiommata scintillans 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 South Australia in open scrub and woodland habitats. The type locality is Black Hill, in the Mount Lofty Ranges, near Adelaide.

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 scintillans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

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• Barychelidae
• Spiders of Australia
• Endemic fauna of Australia
• Arthropods of South Australia
• Spiders described in 1918
• Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow
• Taxa named by Robert Henry Pulleine
• Barychelidae stubs