Idioctis intertidalis (Benoit & Legendre, 1968:331)
Intertidal idioctis
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Atrophonysia intertidalis Benoit & Legendre, 1968:331 (original combination)
The genus Atrophonysia was synonymised with Idioctis by (Raven, 1985:113).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1981
Rediscovered in 2011 or before (Roger, 2018)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Madagascar (Nossi-Be), Comoro Islands (Grand Comore & Mayotte Island) & Seychelles (Curieuse)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Benoit, P. L. G. and Legendre, R. (1968). Un barychelide nouveau de Madagascar: Atrophonysia intertidalis gen sp. nov. (Aranea - Orthognatha). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 77: 329-334.
Other references:
Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae Orthognatha. Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 405-420.
Conservatoire du littoral. (2011). Fiche descriptive sur les zones humides Ramsar (FDR). La vasière des Badamiers (Ile de Mayotte - océan Indien). 18 pp.
Gerlach, Justin. (2014). Idioctis intertidalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196122A2442716. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196122A2442716.en. Downloaded on 21 December 2015.
Gerlach, J. and Maursik, Y. (2010). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester.
Raven, Robert J. (1985). The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 182: 1-180.
Raven, Robert J. (1988). A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Idioctis (Araneae, Barychelidae). American Museum Novitates 2929: 1-14.
Roger, Jean. (2018). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago: bibliographical synthesis and new field observations. Serket 16(3): 105-132.
Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306.
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