Euoplos hoggi | |
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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. hoggi
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Binomial name | |
Euoplos hoggi | |
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Euoplos hoggi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1908 by French arachnologist Eugène Simon. [1] [2]
The species occurs in Western Australia in woodland habitats. The type locality is Eradu, 34 km east of Geraldton, in the Mid West region. [1] [2]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows, with thick, plug-like doors, in creek banks and the flood flats of salt lakes. [2]
Euoplos hoggi | |
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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. hoggi
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Binomial name | |
Euoplos hoggi | |
Synonyms | |
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Euoplos hoggi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1908 by French arachnologist Eugène Simon. [1] [2]
The species occurs in Western Australia in woodland habitats. The type locality is Eradu, 34 km east of Geraldton, in the Mid West region. [1] [2]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows, with thick, plug-like doors, in creek banks and the flood flats of salt lakes. [2]