Euoplos

Euoplos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Euoplos
Rainbow, 1914
Type species
E. spinnipes
Rainbow, 1914
Species

24, see text

Synonyms
  • Albaniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Armadalia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Bancroftiana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Tambouriniana Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Euoplos is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders that is endemic to Australia. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.

Species

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):

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Euoplos Rainbow, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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, Australia” The J. of Arachnology 51(1) (2023.03.15): p.27-36