Xamiatus ilara

Xamiatus ilara is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Microstigmatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1982 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.^[1]

Xamiatus ilara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Microstigmatidae
Genus:	Xamiatus
Species:	X. ilara
Binomial name
Xamiatus ilara Raven, 1982[1]

Description

These large spiders have a carapace length of about 14 mm and a total length of up to 90 mm. Colouration of the carapace, chelicerae and legs is mainly reddish-brown, with a grey-black abdomen.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Central Queensland. The type, and only known, locality is open forest dominated by Casuarina, on the Blackdown Tableland west of Rockhampton.^[1]

Behaviour

The spiders are terrestrial predators. They construct slanting burrows about 40 cm long in sandy or compact red soils.^[1]