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Euoplos Goomboorian
''Euoplos'' is a genus of Australian Idiopidae, armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914. Species it contains twenty species found in various geographical locations of Australia and Tasmania: *''Euoplos bairnsdale'' (Barbara York Main, Main, 1995) – Australia (Victoria) *''Euoplos ballidu'' (Main, 2000) – Australia (Western Australia) *''Euoplos cornishi'' Michael Gordon Rix, Rix, Wilson & Mark Harvey (arachnologist), Harvey, 2019 – Australia (Western Australia) *''Euoplos crenatus'' Wilson, Rix & Robert Raven, Raven, 2019 – Australia (Queensland) *''Euoplos festivus'' (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – Australia (Western Australia) *''Euoplos goomboorian'' Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2019 – Australia (Queensland) *''Euoplos grandis'' Wilson & Rix, 2019 – Australia (Queensland) *''Euoplos hoggi'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''Euoplos inornatus'' (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – Austral ...
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William Joseph Rainbow
William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919) was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders. Life Rainbow was born in 1856 in Yorkshire, England. His father was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Marines, so his education was in a number of port towns and in Edinburgh. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1873, where he wrote for John Ballance's ''Wanganui Herald''. Rainbow's early interest in natural history was assisted by Ballance, who prompted him to build a career in the field. In 1883 he moved to Sydney, Australia and married Arriette Dainty. He continued to contribute to newspapers and journals, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''Daily Telegraph'', and Evening News, then worked for the Government Printing Office until 1895; in this year he took up a position at the Australian Museum as an entomologist. Rainbow was a founder of the Naturalists' Society of New South Wales, serving as its president. He was a member of the Linnea ...
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