Euoplos cornishi

Euoplos cornishi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2019 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix, Jeremy Wilson and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet cornishi honours John Cornish who collected the type specimen in 2011.^[1][2]

Euoplos cornishi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Euoplos
Species:	E. cornishi
Binomial name
Euoplos cornishi Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Grass Valley, near Northam.^[1][2]

References

1. Rix, MG; Wilson, JD; Harvey, MS (2019). "A revision of the white-headed spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Euoplos (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Arbanitinae): a remarkable lineage of rare mygalomorph spiders from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot". Journal of Arachnology. 47: 63–76 [68]. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
2. "Species Euoplos cornishi Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.