Biology:Calathotarsus simoni

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Short description: Tree trapdoor spider from Argentina

Calathotarsus simoni
Adult female with egg sac
Adult male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Migidae
Genus: Calathotarsus
Species:
C. simoni
Binomial name
Calathotarsus simoni
Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1975[1]

Calathotarsus simoni is a species of spider in the family Migidae, found in Argentina.[1][2] Typical of the trapdoor families of spiders, rather than build webs, this spider creates burrows hidden by a door constructed of nearby detritus camouflaging its location.[3]

References

  • Ferretti, Nelson; Copperi, Sofía; Schwerdt, Leonela; Pompozzi, Gabriel (2014-03-17). "Another migid in the wall: natural history of the endemic and rare spider Calathotarsus simoni (Mygalomorphae: Migidae) from a hill slope in central Argentina" (in en). Journal of Natural History 48 (31–32): 1907–1921. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.886344. ISSN 0022-2933. Bibcode2014JNatH..48.1907F. 

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