Blackwall's Silverback Idiommata blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870)
Fauna Portal species: 10095
Diagnosis
(after Raven 2026): Males differ from those of I. scintillans by the elongate digitiform upper spur on tibia I.
Molecular data are provided here for a diagnosis against other species in the genus that are diagnosed by molecular sequences (COI barcoding).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(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: 151 - 175DOI