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