Cataxia babindaensis

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Cataxia babindaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cataxia
Species:
C. babindaensis
Binomial name
Cataxia babindaensis
Main, 1969 [1]

Cataxia babindaensis, also known as the strawberry trapdoor spider, [2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main. [1] [3]

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Description

This is a relatively large species, with body lengths of up to 45 mm. The spiders have a deep red carapace and legs, and a banded abdomen. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is The Boulders National Park near Babinda. [3]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that construct burrows with soft trapdoors in wet, unlittered soil, or on embankments. [3] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Main, BY (1969). "The trap-door spider genus Cataxia Rainbow (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae): taxonomy and natural history". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 8: 192–209 [203].
  2. 1 2 3 "Strawberry Trapdoor Spider (Cataxia babindaensis) juvenile". Bug Frenzy. 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  3. 1 2 3 "Species Cataxia babindaensis Main, 1969". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-10.


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