Species Euoplos variabilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tambouriniana variabilis Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [121].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40899, KS6409 ♀ adult, Tamborine Mtn, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA ♀ adult.
• Tambouriniana variabilis flavomaculata Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40907, KS6138 ♀ adult, Tamborine Mtn, QLD.
• Albaniana villosa Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [124].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40914, KS1620 ♀ adult, Tamborine Mtn, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Main, B.Y. 1964. Spiders of Australia. Brisbane : Jacaranda : Axiom 124 pp. [reprinted 1981]
• Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. pp. 1-48 in Walton. D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service 183 pp. [19]

 

Generic Combinations

• Euoplos variabilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mainly in MacPherson Ranges.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, fossorial, predator, tall open forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Bare soil patches in forest floor especially banks and slopes, burrow with very thick, plug-like trapdoor.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		16-May-2013	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)