Euoplos saplan is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2019 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix, Jeremy Wilson and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet saplan is an acronym for the “Salinity Action Plan” environmental survey of the Wheatbelt, by the Western Australian Museum and the Department of Conservation and Land Management, which resulted in the collection of many specimens, including this species.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Euoplos |
| Species: | E. saplan
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| Euoplos saplan | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the northern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Buntine Rocks Nature Reserve.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rix, MG; Wilson, JD; Harvey, MS (2019). "A revision of the white-headed spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Euoplos (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Arbanitinae): a remarkable lineage of rare mygalomorph spiders from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot". Journal of Arachnology. 47: 63–76 [73]. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ a b "Species Euoplos saplan Rix, Wilson & Harvey, 2019". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-18.