Cataxia colesi explained

Cataxia colesi is a species of spider native to south-western Australia. The species has an extremely small distribution range, restricted to individual sky islands in the Stirling Range National Park. It digs burrows up to 20 cm deep.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Cataxia (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from south-western Australia: documenting a threatened fauna in a sky-island landscape. Michael G.. Rix. Karlene. Bain. Barbara Y.. Main. Robert J.. Raven. Andrew D.. Austin. Steven J. B.. Cooper. Mark S.. Harvey. Journal of Arachnology. 2017. 45. 3. 395–423. 10.1636/JoA-S-17-012.1. 198160401 .