Idiosoma mcnamarai is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet mcnamarai honours Keiran McNamara (1954–2013) for securing funding for the Salinity Action Plan Survey which resulted in the collection of this and other Idiosoma species.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia in the central-eastern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Trayning, 236 km east of Perth.[1][2]

Female specimen

References

  1. ^ a b c Rix, MG; Huey, JA; Cooper, SJB; Austin, AD; Harvey, MS (2018). "Conservation systematics of the shield-backed trapdoor spiders of the nigrum-group (Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae, Idiosoma): integrative taxonomy reveals a diverse and threatened fauna from south-western Australia". ZooKeys. 756: 1–121 [57]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ^ a b "Species Idiosoma mcnamarai Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiosoma_mcnamarai
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