Idiosoma smeatoni is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1902 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg. The specific epithet honours banker and amateur scientist Thomas Drury Smeaton who provided type specimens of the spiders to the South Australian Museum.[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. smeatoni
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| Idiosoma smeatoni | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in South Australia, in open forest habitats. The type locality is Blakiston in the Mount Lofty Ranges, some 36 km south-east of Adelaide.[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hogg, HR (1902). "On some additions to the Australian spiders of the sub-order Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1902 (2): 121–142 [126].
- ^ a b c "Species Idiosoma smeatoni (Hogg, 1902)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.