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Genus: Zidiommata Raven, 2026 | Family: Barychelidae Simon, 1889

Zidiommata fusca (L. Koch, 1874)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001429

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (A0003081) -

Taxonomic References

Idiommata fusca L. Koch, 1874a: 478, pl. 37, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Encyocrypta fusca Hogg, 1901: 241

Encyocrypta fusca Rainbow, 1914a: 226, f. 36-39 (m; belongs to another species per Raven, 2026: 158)

Idiommata fusca Main, 1985a: 13

Zidiommata fusca Raven, 2026: 158, f. 3a-g, 5a-b, 6a-d (Dm, f, T from Idiommata)

References

Hogg, H. R. (1901). On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 71(1): 218-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08176.x -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1874a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 10-11]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 473-576, pl. 36-44. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Main, B. Y. (1985a). Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: a review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 108: 1-84. doi: 10.1071/AJZS108 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1914a). Studies in the Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270. -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (2026). A review of Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae), with the description of a related new genus and new species of giant Australian brushfooted spiders. Zootaxa 5821(2): 151-175. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.2.1 [[Zoobank: 640A90AD-BCE4-42FB-98F0-CF69BD1787CA]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Raven, 2026
2026-05-30	Species transferred to new genus	Raven, 2026		Species transferred from Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 to Zidiommata Raven, 2026