Idiopidae
| Idiopidae | |
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| male Idiops constructor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Infraorder: | Fornicephalae |
| Superfamily: | Idiopoidea |
| Family: |
Idiopidae Simon, 1892 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 22 genera, 275 species | |
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Idiopidae (superfamily Idiopoidea) are a mygalomorph spider family, also known as the armored trapdoor spiders. They have a large body that often looks rather like a tarantula.
In some species the males have a spur on their legs, which they will show if provoked.
Idiopidae build burrows, and some species close these with a door.
The about 2 cm long Prothemenops siamensis from Thailand builds its retreat in a streamside vertical earth bank in lower montane rain forest. Each burrow had two or three entrances that lead into a main tube. Its lateral posterior spinnerets are elongated.
The categorization into subfamilies follows Raven (1985)
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