Idiommata iridescens

Idiommata iridescens is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.^[1][2]

Idiommata iridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Idiommata
Species:	I. iridescens
Binomial name
Idiommata iridescens (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
Lampropodus iridescens Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Eidsvold in the North Burnett Region.^[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.^[2]