Idiosoma schoknechtorum

Idiosoma schoknechtorum 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 schoknechtorum honours Daniel and Noel Schoknecht, for collecting an important female specimen on their property.^[1][2]

Idiosoma schoknechtorum
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Idiosoma
Species:	I. schoknechtorum
Binomial name
Idiosoma schoknechtorum Rix & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia in the central-western Avon Wheatbelt and north-eastern Jarrah Forest bioregions. The type locality is Beverley, 133 km south-east of Perth.^[1][2]

Female specimen

References

1. 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 [60]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
2. "Species Idiosoma schoknechtorum Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-02.