Idiommata iridescens

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
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.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Eidsvold in the North Burnett Region.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [137]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. ^ a b c "Species Idiommata iridescens (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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