Cataxia babindaensis | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Cataxia babindaensis |
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]
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]
The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is The Boulders National Park near Babinda. [3]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that construct burrows with soft trapdoors in wet, unlittered soil, or on embankments. [3] [2]
Cataxia babindaensis | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Cataxia babindaensis |
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]
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]
The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is The Boulders National Park near Babinda. [3]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that construct burrows with soft trapdoors in wet, unlittered soil, or on embankments. [3] [2]