Idiops thorelli

Idiops thorelli is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae. It is endemic to South Africa.

Distribution

Idiops thorelli is known only from South Africa, but no exact locality is recorded for the type specimen.

Habitat and ecology

The habitat and lifestyle of the species are unknown.

Description

Idiops thorelli 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 fairly marked normal furrows and indentations.

Conservation

Idiops thorelli is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. The type material needs to be located for redescription of the species before it can be properly sampled.

Etymology

The species is named after Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.

Taxonomy

The species was described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1870 with the type locality given only as "South Africa". The species is known only from a single specimen collected prior to 1870. More sampling is needed to collect females and more males to determine the species' range.