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Cataxia

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Cataxia is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyIdiopidae

Cataxia is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Idiopidae (Valdeurspinnen).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
367
Family
Idiopidae
Collections
MCZ, QM, AM, NMV
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Idiopidae
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taxon name
Cataxia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cataxia
endemic to
Australia
taxon author citation
Rainbow, 1914
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Encyclopedic overview

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Cataxia is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.

==Species== the genus contained fifteen species from the states of New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Victoria (VIC) or Western Australia (WA): Cataxia babindaensis Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia barrettae Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia bolganupensis (Main, 1985) – WA Cataxia colesi Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia cunicularis (Main, 1983) – QLD Cataxia dietrichae Main, 1985 – QLD Cataxia eungellaensis Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia maculata Rainbow, 1914 (type) – QLD Cataxia melindae Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia pallida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – QLD Cataxia pulleinei (Rainbow, 1914) – NSW, QLD Cataxia sandsorum Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia spinipectoris Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia stirlingi (Main, 1985) – WA Cataxia victoriae (Main, 1985) – VIC

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