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Euoplos variabilis

Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Euoplos variabilis, also known as the Mount Tamborine 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.[1][2]

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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the mountainous Scenic Rim region of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, in tall open forest and closed forest habitats. The type locality is Tamborine Mountain.[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows with thick, plug-like trapdoors in bare soil patches on the forest floor, especially on banks and slopes.[2]

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