Euoplos mcmillani 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.[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. mcmillani
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Binomial name | |
Euoplos mcmillani | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions in kwongan heathland habitats. The type locality is a sand mine rehabilitation site at Eneabba, 278 km north of Perth.[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 [93].
- ^ a b "Species Euoplos mcmillani (Main, 2000)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.