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

Euoplos similaris, also known as the banded golden trapdoor spider, 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 south-eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Kedron Brook in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows in creek banks with thick, plug-like trapdoors.

References

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