Cataxia babindaensis, also known as the strawberry trapdoor spider,[2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Cataxia |
| Species: | C. babindaensis
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| Cataxia babindaensis | |
Description
editThis is a relatively large species, with body lengths of up to 45 mm. The spiders have a deep red carapace and legs, and a banded abdomen.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in north-eastern Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is The Boulders National Park near Babinda.[3]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that construct burrows with soft trapdoors in wet, unlittered soil, or on embankments.[3][2]
References
edit- ^ a b Main, BY (1969). "The trap-door spider genus Cataxia Rainbow (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae): taxonomy and natural history". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 8: 192–209 [203].
- ^ a b c "Strawberry Trapdoor Spider (Cataxia babindaensis) juvenile". Bug Frenzy. 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- ^ a b c "Species Cataxia babindaensis Main, 1969". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
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