| Cataxia colesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Cataxia |
| Species: | C. colesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataxia colesi Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 | |
Cataxia colesi is a species of spider native to south-western Australia. The species has an extremely small distribution range, restricted to individual sky islands in the Stirling Range National Park. It digs burrows up to 20 cm deep.[1]
References
- ↑ Rix, Michael G.; Bain, Karlene; Main, Barbara Y.; Raven, Robert J.; Austin, Andrew D.; Cooper, Steven J. B.; Harvey, Mark S. (2017). "Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Cataxia (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from south-western Australia: documenting a threatened fauna in a sky-island landscape". Journal of Arachnology. 45 (3): 395–423. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-012.1. S2CID 198160401.
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