Xamiatus ilara
Appearance
Xamiatus ilara | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Microstigmatidae |
Genus: | Xamiatus |
Species: | X. ilara
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Binomial name | |
Xamiatus ilara |
Xamiatus ilara is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Microstigmatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1982 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.[1]
Description
[edit]These large spiders have a carapace length of about 14 mm and a total length of up to 90 mm. Colouration of the carapace, chelicerae and legs is mainly reddish-brown, with a grey-black abdomen.[1]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in Central Queensland. The type, and only known, locality is open forest dominated by Casuarina, on the Blackdown Tableland west of Rockhampton.[1]
Behaviour
[edit]The spiders are terrestrial predators. They construct slanting burrows about 40 cm long in sandy or compact red soils.[1]
References
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