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Idiosoma occidentale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Idiosoma
Species:	I. occidentale
Binomial name
Idiosoma occidentale (Hogg, 1903)
Synonyms
Aganippe occidentalis Hogg, 1903

Idiosoma occidentale is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1903 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in north-west Western Australia. The type locality is Roebourne in the Pilbara region, some 1,560 km north of Perth.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

References

1. ^ Hogg, HR (1903). "Two new Australian spiders of the family Ctenizidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (11): 308–312 .
2. ^ "Species Idiosoma occidentale (Hogg, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.

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