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Ixamatus broomi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Microstigmatidae
Genus:	Ixamatus
Species:	I. broomi
Binomial name
Ixamatus broomi Hogg, 1901

Ixamatus broomi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Microstigmatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, in tall open and closed forest habitats, including the border ranges and the Lamington Plateau. The type locality is Hillgrove in the Northern Tablelands.

Behaviour

The spiders are terrestrial predators. They construct shallow burrows in humus and tubular silk shelters in logs.

References

1. ^ Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 218–279 .
2. ^ "Species Ixamatus broomi Hogg, 1901". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

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• Ixamatus
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• Arthropods of New South Wales
• Arthropods of Queensland
• Spiders described in 1901
• Taxa named by Henry Roughton Hogg
• Crassitarsae stubs