Idiops
file:PZSL1889Plate02, Idiops crassus.png, ''Idiops crassus'' and its trapdoor nest entrance ''Idiops'' is a genus of Idiopidae, armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Maximilian Perty, Josef Anton Maximilian Perty in 1833. It is the type genus of the spurred trapdoor spiders, Idiopidae. ''Idiops'' is also the most species-rich genus of the family, and is found at widely separated locations in the Neotropical realm, Neotropics, Afrotropical realm, Afrotropics, Indomalayan realm, Indomalaya and the Middle East. Females live in tubular burrows lined with a thick layer of white silk. These typically have a D-shaped lid that fits into the entrance like a cork, and some burrows have two entrances. The lid may consist of mud, moss or lichen, which is bound below by a thick layer of silk. As in all genera of this family, the anterior lateral eyes (ALE) are situated near the clypeal margin, far in front of the remaining six eyes, which are arranged in a tight group. The males w ...
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