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