The Sydney brown trapdoor spider, Misgolas rapax, is a trapdoor spider found primarily around Sydney, Australia. It is usually shy and retiring and is often confused with the Sydney funnel-web spider.
Sydney brown trapdoors are medium-to-large in size; the female is around 35mm in length, while the male is usually around 20mm and of a slimmer build. They are chocolate brown coloured and the males have distinct boxing glove-shaped palps, which are the appendages at the front of the head between the first pair of legs.
Males usually with a small double spur halfway along the first leg, and both females and males have a cover of paler gold hairs on their carapace (‘dusty’ appearance, unlike the ‘glossy’ Funnel-web carapace). The abdomen often has pale transverse bars and their eyes are in two compact rows across the head.