Euoplos

Euoplos
Scientific classification
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

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

• List of Idiopidae species

References

1. "Gen. Euoplos Rainbow, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
2. 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

External links

Data related to Euoplos at Wikispecies