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Idiosoma sigillatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Idiosoma
Species:	I. sigillatum
Binomial name
Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)
Synonyms
Idiops sigillatus O.P.-Cambridge, 1870 Idiosoma hirsutum Main, 1952

Idiosoma sigillatum is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1870 by British arachnologist Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest bioregions, including the Darling Scarp and Rottnest Island, in open forest habitats. The type locality is Swan River (Perth).

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows with trapdoors in plant litter on sandy-gravel soils, with a fan of twig-lines around the entrance.

References

1. ^ Cambridge, O. P.- (1870). "Monograph of the genus Idiops, including descriptions of several species new to science". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1870: 101–108 .
2. ^ "Species Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-30.

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