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]
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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. pulleinei
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with flap-like trapdoors in tree stumps, logs and soil.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Rainbow, WJ (1914). "Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae". Records of the Australian Museum. 10: 187–270 [189].
- ^ 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.
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