Euoplos inornatus

Euoplos inornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Euoplos
Species:
E. inornatus
Binomial name
Euoplos inornatus
Synonyms
  • Albaniana inornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Albaniana flavomaculata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
  • Armadalia setosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Euoplos inornatus 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]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in open jarrah and marri forest habitats. The type locality is Armadale, now a suburb of Perth.[1][2]

Behaviour

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [122].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Euoplos inornatus (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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