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15 March 2023 A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia
Michael G. Rix, Jeremy D. Wilson, Paul M. Oliver
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Abstract

A new species of giant trapdoor spider, Euoplos dignitas sp. nov. (family Idiopidae), is described from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia. Phylogenetic analysis of a six gene molecular dataset for the tribe Euoplini reveals that this species is sister to the spinnipes-group from eastern Queensland, and unrelated to a morphologically similar congener (E. grandis Wilson & Rix, 2019) that occurs further south in the Brigalow Belt. Both E. dignitas sp. nov. and E. grandis are very large, scopulate, plug door-building trapdoor spiders from transitional woodland habitats on vertosols (‘black soils’), with superficially similar females and strongly sexually-dimorphic ‘honey-red’ males. Information on the known biology and distribution of E. dignitas sp. nov. is summarized, and a conservation assessment is provided under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List Criteria, indicating that this species is likely Endangered.

Michael G. Rix, Jeremy D. Wilson, and Paul M. Oliver "A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia," The Journal of Arachnology 51(1), 27-36, (15 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-21-056
Received: 23 September 2021; Accepted: 24 November 2021; Published: 15 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
Avicularioidea
biogeography
Bipectina
Domiothelina
phylogeny
taxonomy
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