Cataxia stirlingi explained

Cataxia stirlingi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1985 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main. The specific epithet refers to the type locality.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Stirling Range of southern Western Australia, in the Mallee bioregion, in montane heathland and adjacent eucalypt forest above 400 m altitude. The type locality is the south base of Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range National Park, some 337 km south-east of Perth.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Cataxia stirlingi (Main, 1985) . . 2023-02-03. Australian Faunal Directory . Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia . 2023-08-11.
2. Rix. MG. Bain . K . Main . BY . Raven . RJ . Austin . AD . Cooper . SJB . Harvey . MS . 2017 . Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Cataxia (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from southwestern Australia: Documenting a threatened fauna in a sky-island landscape . Journal of Arachnology . 45. 3. 395–423 [417]. 10.1636/0161-8202-45.1.451 . 2023-08-11.