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Idiosoma mcclementsorum

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Species of spider

Idiosoma mcclementsorum
Male holotype
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. mcclementsorum
Binomial name
Idiosoma mcclementsorum
Rix & Harvey, 2018

Idiosoma mcclementsorum 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 mcclementsorum honours James and Meredith McClements for their support for the Western Australian Museum Foundation.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions. The type locality is Julimar Conservation Park, 60 km north-east of Perth.

Female paratype

References

  1. ^ 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 . Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ^ "Species Idiosoma mcclementsorum Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
Taxon identifiers
Idiosoma mcclementsorum


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