Armoured Trapdoor Spider
Male, Profile
Armoured Trapdoor Spider
Male, Palp
| Armoured Trapdoor Spider Male, Profile | | Armoured Trapdoor Spider Male, Palp | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Spiders (Araneae) | ||||
| Family: | Spiny Trapdoor Spider (:Mygalomorph Idiopidae) | ||||
| Species: | Armoured Trapdoor Spider (Idiosoma sp) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, Anterior | ||||
| Other name: | Armored Trapdoor Spider | ||||
Thank you Joshua Gan for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A medium sized spider that weighed in at 0.37 grams, 15mm long. We are confident it's mature as you can see the pedipalp bulb, etc. This species has an unusual double tibial spur near it's kneeds on it's front legs. Unlike most other spiders, but typical amoung Mygalomorphs, these have their eyes very close together. We thought this was Adelaide's Trapdoor Spider (Blakistonia aurea). Joshua said "Eye arrangement and presence of sigillae on abdomen suggest Idiosoma instead of Blakistonia". The sigillae are the little round pale spots on top of the abdomen. | |||||
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