Euoplos similaris, also known as the banded golden 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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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. similaris
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Kedron Brook in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.[1][2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows in creek banks with thick, plug-like trapdoors.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [112].
- ^ a b c "Species Euoplos similaris (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-22.