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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiosoma |
| Species: | I. sigillatum
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| Idiosoma sigillatum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1870)[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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).[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe 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.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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 [105].
- ^ a b c "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.