Idiops thorelli
| Idiops thorelli | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiops |
| Species: | I. thorelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Idiops thorelli O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870[1]
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Idiops thorelli is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Idiops thorelli is known only from South Africa, but no exact locality is recorded for the type specimen.[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]The habitat and lifestyle of the species are unknown.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Idiops thorelli is known only from males. The carapace and legs are orange-yellow-brown in colour and very sparingly furnished with hairs. The legs have a few fine spines. The abdomen is dark yellow-brown. The form of the cephalothorax is broadly but regularly oval, depressed above with fairly marked normal furrows and indentations.[3]
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Conservation
[edit | edit source]Idiops thorelli is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. The type material needs to be located for redescription of the species before it can be properly sampled.[3]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The species is named after Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell (1830–1901).
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species was described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1870 with the type locality given only as "South Africa". The species is known only from a single specimen collected prior to 1870. More sampling is needed to collect females and more males to determine the species' range.[3]
References
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