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

Calathotarsus simoni
Adult female with egg sac
Adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Calathotarsus simoni Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1975", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-05-15
  • 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". Journal of Natural History. 48 (31–32): 1907–1921. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.886344. hdl:11336/7550. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 83764534.