Euoplos inornatus
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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]
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Scientific 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 | |
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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
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