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Euoplos ornatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Euoplos
Species:	E. ornatus
Binomial name
Euoplos ornatus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Synonyms
Albaniana ornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 Bancroftiana speciosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 Armadalia ornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Euoplos ornatus 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.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in eastern Queensland in open brigalow woodland and dry vine forest habitats with gilgais. The type locality is Eidsvold, in the North Burnett Region, some 430 km north of Brisbane.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows with trapdoors.

References

1. ^ Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 .
2. ^ "Species Euoplos ornatus (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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• Arthropods of Queensland
• Spiders described in 1918
• Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow
• Taxa named by Robert Henry Pulleine
• Idiopidae stubs