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| Idiops flaveolus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiops |
| Species: | I. flaveolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Idiops flaveolus (Pocock, 1901)[1] | |
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Idiops flaveolus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Idiops flaveolus is an Eastern Cape endemic recorded from Grahamstown and East London at altitudes ranging from 56 to 565 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit]The species inhabits the Thicket biome. It lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a trapdoor.[3]
Description
[edit]Idiops flaveolus is known from both sexes but has not been illustrated. 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. Total length is 19 mm.[3]
Conservation
[edit]Idiops flaveolus is listed as Data Deficient due to insufficient knowledge about its location, distribution and threats. More sampling is needed to determine the species' range.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was originally described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901 as Acanthodon flaveolum from Grahamstown, with the male described by Hewitt in 1918. The species has not been revised.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pocock, R.I. (1901). "Descriptions of some new African Arachnida". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 7 (39): 284–288. doi:10.1080/00222930108678472.
- ↑ "Idiops flaveolus (Pocock, 1901)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Idiopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 35. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324502. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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