Cataxia
| Cataxia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | CataxiaRainbow, 1914[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. maculata Rainbow, 1914 | |
| Species | |
15, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cataxia is a genus of Australianarmoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.[3]
Species
As of May 2019 the genus contained fifteen species from the states of New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Victoria (VIC) or Western Australia (WA):[1]
- Cataxia babindaensisMain, 1969 – QLD
- Cataxia barrettaeRix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA
- Cataxia bolganupensis(Main, 1985) – WA
- Cataxia colesiRix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA
- Cataxia cunicularis(Main, 1983) – QLD
- Cataxia dietrichaeMain, 1985 – QLD
- Cataxia eungellaensisMain, 1969 – QLD
- Cataxia maculataRainbow, 1914 (type) – QLD
- Cataxia melindaeRix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA
- Cataxia pallida(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – QLD
- Cataxia pulleinei(Rainbow, 1914) – NSW, QLD
- Cataxia sandsorumRix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA
- Cataxia spinipectorisMain, 1969 – QLD
- Cataxia stirlingi(Main, 1985) – WA
- Cataxia victoriae(Main, 1985) – VIC
See also
References
- ^ abc"Gen. Cataxia Rainbow, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ abRaven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 154.
- ^Rainbow, W. J. (1914). "Studies in the Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae". Records of the Australian Museum. 10: 187–270. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.10.1914.901.
Further reading
- Rix, M.G.; et al. (2017). "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: 395–423. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-012.1. S2CID 198160401.
