Euoplos
| Euoplos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Euoplos Rainbow, 1914[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. spinnipes Rainbow, 1914
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| Species | |
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24, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Euoplos is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders that is endemic to Australia. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.[3]
Species[edit]
As of March 2023[update] the genus contained 25 species found in the states of New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Victoria (VIC) or Western Australia (WA):[1][4]
- Euoplos bairnsdale (Main, 1995) – VIC
- Euoplos ballidu (Main, 2000) – WA
- Euoplos booloumba Wilson & Rix, 2021 – QLD
- Euoplos cornishi Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019 – WA
- Euoplos crenatus Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2019 – QLD
- Euoplos dignitas Wilson, Rix & Oliver, 2023 – QLD
- Euoplos eungellaensis (Wilson, Harvey & Rix, 2022) – QLD
- Euoplos festivus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – WA
- Euoplos goomboorian Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2019 – QLD
- Euoplos grandis Wilson & Rix, 2019 – QLD
- Euoplos hoggi (Simon, 1908) – SA, WA
- Euoplos inornatus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – WA
- Euoplos jayneae Wilson & Rix, 2021 – QLD
- Euoplos kalbarri Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019 – WA
- Euoplos mcmillani (Main, 2000) – WA
- Euoplos ornatus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – QLD
- Euoplos raveni Wilson & Rix, 2021 – QLD
- Euoplos regalis Wilson & Rix, 2021 – QLD
- Euoplos saplan Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019 – WA
- Euoplos schmidti Wilson & Rix, 2021 – QLD
- Euoplos similaris (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – QLD
- Euoplos spinnipes Rainbow, 1914 (type) – QLD
- Euoplos thynnearum Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2019 – QLD
- Euoplos turrificus Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2019 – QLD
- Euoplos variabilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – NSW, QLD
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Euoplos Rainbow, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ a b c d Main, B. Y. (1985). "Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: A review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 108 (suppl. Ser): 22.
- ^ Rainbow, W. J. (1914). "Studies in the Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae". Records of the Australian Museum. 10: 187–270. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.10.1914.901.
- ^ Michael G. Rix, Jeremy D. Wilson, Paul M. Oliver: “A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia” The J. of Arachnology 51(1) (2023.03.15): p.27-36
External links[edit]
Data related to Euoplos at Wikispecies