| Grahamstown Idiops Trapdoor Spider | |
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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 and is commonly known as the Grahamstown Idiops trapdoor spider. [3]
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]
The species inhabits the Thicket biome. It lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a trapdoor. [3]
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]
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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]
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]
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