Idiosoma intermedium 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 intermedium comes from Latin intermedius (‘in between’ or ‘intermediate’), in reference to the intermediate size of the sigilla and relatively unsclerotised abdomen.[1][2]
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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: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiosoma |
| Species: | I. intermedium
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| Idiosoma intermedium | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the eastern Avon Wheatbelt and north-western Coolgardie bioregions. The type locality is Bodallin.[1][2]
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References
edit- ^ 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 [43]. Bibcode:2018ZooK..756....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. PMID 29773959. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ a b "Species Idiosoma intermedium Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.