Biology:Idiommata scintillans
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Short description: Species of spider
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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: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Idiommata |
| Species: | I. scintillans
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| Binomial name | |
| Idiommata scintillans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)[1]
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Idiommata scintillans is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in South Australia in open scrub and woodland habitats. The type locality is Black Hill, in the Mount Lofty Ranges, near Adelaide.[2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81–169 [135]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/7629.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Idiommata scintillans (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3fd11083-4f74-403f-804a-b467b6868e2c.
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