Cataxia is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.
Species the genus contained fifteen species from the states of New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Victoria (VIC) or Western Australia (WA):
Cataxia babindaensis Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia barrettae Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia bolganupensis (Main, 1985) – WA Cataxia colesi Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia cunicularis (Main, 1983) – QLD Cataxia dietrichae Main, 1985 – QLD Cataxia eungellaensis Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia maculata Rainbow, 1914 (type) – QLD Cataxia melindae Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia pallida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – QLD Cataxia pulleinei (Rainbow, 1914) – NSW, QLD Cataxia sandsorum Rix, Bain, Main & Harvey, 2017 – WA Cataxia spinipectoris Main, 1969 – QLD Cataxia stirlingi (Main, 1985) – WA Cataxia victoriae (Main, 1985) – VIC
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