Species Cataxia maculata Rainbow, 1914
- Cataxia maculata Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [223].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K34977, KS6335 3 ♀ immature (Rainbow stated description of ♂ but appeared to be that of an immature ♀), Upper Burnett River, QLD. - Cataxia tetrica Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [133].
Type data:
Holotype AM K41250, KS1630 ♀ adult, Eidsvold, QLD. - Arbanitis inornatus Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [119].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K40890, KS6264 ♀ adult ♂ immature, Eidsvold, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Main, B.Y. 1969. The trap-door spider genus Cataxia Rainbow (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae): taxonomy and natural history. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 192-209 [31 Dec. 1969] [193]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Eidsvold-Proserpine region.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Giant brigalow and dry-vine forest, burrow with wafer-like trapdoor.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 11-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |