Euoplos similaris

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Euoplos similaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Euoplos
Species:
E. similaris
Binomial name
Euoplos similaris
(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) [1]
Synonyms
  • Arbanitis similarisRainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Euoplos similaris, also known as the banded golden trapdoor spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine. [1] [2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Kedron Brook in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. [1] [2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows in creek banks with thick, plug-like trapdoors. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [112].
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Euoplos similaris (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-22.


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