Idiopidae, also known as armored trapdoor spiders, is a family of

mygalomorph The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to the ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1889. They have a large body similar to

tarantula Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

Description

In some species the males have a spur on their legs, which they will show if provoked.Find-a-spider Guide Idiopidae build burrows, and some species close these with a door. The about 2 cm long ''Prothemenops siamensis'' from Thailand builds its retreat in a streamside vertical earth bank in lower montane rain forest. Each burrow had two or three entrances that lead into a main tube. Its lateral posterior

spinnerets A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and are ...

are elongated. The oldest known idiopid, Number 16, died at the age of 43 years.

Genera

As of 2019, the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

accepts the following genera: *'' Arbanitis'' L. Koch, 1874 — Australia *'' Blakistonia'' Hogg, 1902 — Australia *'' Bungulla'' Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017 — Australia *'' Cantuaria'' Hogg, 1902 — New Zealand, Australia *'' Cataxia'' Rainbow, 1914 — Australia *'' Ctenolophus'' Purcell, 1904 — South Africa *'' Eucanippe'' Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017 *'' Eucyrtops'' Pocock, 1897 — Australia *''

Euoplos ''Euoplos'' is a genus of Australian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914. Species it contains twenty species found in various geographical locations of Australia and Tasmania: *'' Euoplos bairns ...

'' Rainbow, 1914 — Australia *''

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pol ...

'' Rainbow, 1914 — Australia *'' Galeosoma'' Purcell, 1903 — South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana *'' Genysa'' Simon, 1889 — Madagascar *''

Gorgyrella ''Gorgyrella'' is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. ...

'' Purcell, 1902 — Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa *'' Heligmomerus'' Simon, 1892 — Africa, Asia *'' Hiboka'' Fage, 1922 — Madagascar *'' Idiops'' Perty, 1833 — South America, Africa, Asia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *''

Idiosoma ''Idiosoma'' is a genus of Australian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the armored trapdoor spiders in 1985. The name is derived from the Greek ...

'' Ausserer, 1871 — Australia *'' Neocteniza'' Pocock, 1895 — Central America, South America *'' Prothemenops'' Schwendinger, 1991 — Thailand *'' Scalidognathus'' Karsch, 1892 — India, Sri Lanka *'' Segregara'' Tucker, 1917 — South Africa *'' Titanidiops'' Simon, 1903 — Morocco

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* Find-a-spider Guide
Images of several species
Mygalomorphae families {{Mygalomorphae-stub

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