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Euoplos

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Euoplos
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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
Species

24, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Albaniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918[2]
  • Armadalia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918[2]
  • Bancroftiana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918[2]
  • Tambouriniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918[2]

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

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As of March 2023 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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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, AustraliaThe J. of Arachnology 51(1) (2023.03.15): p.27-36
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Data related to Euoplos at Wikispecies