Cataxia maculata

Cataxia maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cataxia
Species:
C. maculata
Binomial name
Cataxia maculata
Synonyms
  • Cataxia tetrica Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Arbanitis inornatus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Cataxia maculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1914 by Australian arachnologist William Joseph Rainbow.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland, in the Eidsvold–Proserpine region, in brigalow and vine thicket open forest habitats. The type locality is the upper Burnett River.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with wafer-like trapdoors.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Rainbow, WJ (1914). "Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae". Records of the Australian Museum. 10: 187–270 [193].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Cataxia maculata Rainbow, 1914". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-09.


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