Euoplos Explained
Euoplos is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders that is endemic to Australia. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914.[1]
Species
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):[2] [3]
- 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
Notes and References
- Rainbow. W. J.. 1914. Studies in the Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae.. Records of the Australian Museum. 187–270. 10. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.10.1914.901. free.
- Gen. Euoplos Rainbow, 1914. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
- Michael G., Jeremy D., Paul M. : “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
