Calathotarsus simoni
{{Short description|Tree trapdoor spider from Argentina}}
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| taxon = Calathotarsus simoni
| image = Calathotarsus simoni adult female.jpg
| image_caption = Adult female with egg sac
| image2 = Calathotarsus simoni adult male.jpg
| image2_caption = Adult male
| authority = Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1975
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Calathotarsus simoni is a species of spider in the family Migidae, found in Argentina. 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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- {{Cite journal|last1=Ferretti|first1=Nelson|last2=Copperi|first2=Sofía|last3=Schwerdt|first3=Leonela|last4=Pompozzi|first4=Gabriel|date=2014-03-17|title=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=Journal of Natural History|language=en|volume=48|issue=31–32|pages=1907–1921|doi=10.1080/00222933.2014.886344|s2cid=83764534|issn=0022-2933|hdl=11336/7550|hdl-access=free}}
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Category:Spiders described in 1975
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