Euoplos ornatus

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.^[1][2]

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)[1]
Synonyms
Albaniana ornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 Bancroftiana speciosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 Armadalia ornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

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.^[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows with trapdoors.^[2]