Euoplos ballidu is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2000 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main. The specific epithet ballidu refers to the type locality.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Euoplos |
| Species: | E. ballidu
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| Euoplos ballidu | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Ballidu, 217 km north of Perth, where the habitat is mixed open wodjil heath on yellow sand.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Main, BY (2000). "Biosystematics of two new species of unusually coloured Australian mygalomorph spiders, Arbanitis (Araneae: Idiopidae), from south-western Australia". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 83: 93–97 [96].
- ^ a b "Species Euoplos ballidu (Main, 2000)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.