Xamiatus ilara

Xamiatus ilara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Microstigmatidae
Genus: Xamiatus
Species:
X. ilara
Binomial name
Xamiatus ilara
Raven, 1982 [1]

Xamiatus ilara is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Microstigmatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1982 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.[1]

Description

These large spiders have a carapace length of about 14 mm and a total length of up to 90 mm. Colouration of the carapace, chelicerae and legs is mainly reddish-brown, with a grey-black abdomen.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Central Queensland. The type, and only known, locality is open forest dominated by Casuarina, on the Blackdown Tableland west of Rockhampton.[1]

Behaviour

The spiders are terrestrial predators. They construct slanting burrows about 40 cm long in sandy or compact red soils.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Raven, RJ (1982). "On the mygalomorph spider genus Xamiatus Raven (Diplurinae: Dipluridae) with the description of a new species". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 20: 473–478 [473]. Retrieved 2023-09-16.


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