Euoplos similaris

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.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland in open forest habitats. The type locality is Kedron Brook in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct burrows in creek banks with thick, plug-like trapdoors.