Idiops ochreolus
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| Idiops ochreolus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Idiops |
| Species: | I. ochreolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Idiops ochreolus (Pocock, 1902)[1] | |
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Idiops ochreolus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Idiops ochreolus is recorded from the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 444 to 1,378 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Succulent Karoo biome. It lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a trapdoor.[3]
Description
Idiops ochreolus is known only from males. 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 well-marked normal furrows and indentations.[3]
