Cataxia pulleinei is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1914 by Australian arachnologist William Joseph Rainbow. The specific epithet pulleinei honours fellow arachnologist Robert Henry Pulleine. [1][2]

Cataxia pulleinei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cataxia
Species:
C. pulleinei
Binomial name
Cataxia pulleinei
(Rainbow, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Homogona pulleinei Rainbow, 1914

Distribution and habitat

edit

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, including the McPherson Ranges, in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Lismore in the Northern Rivers region.[2]

Behaviour

edit

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with flap-like trapdoors in tree stumps, logs and soil.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Rainbow, WJ (1914). "Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae". Records of the Australian Museum. 10: 187–270 [189].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Cataxia pulleinei (Rainbow, 1914)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-09.

[[category:brendan