Species of spider
Bungulla bertmaini species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family . It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2017 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix , Barbara York Main , Robert Raven and Mark Harvey .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Distribution and habitat
The species is broadly distributed in Western Australia , with its range extending southwards from the arid Pilbara shrublands , through the Carnarvon , Yalgoo , Murchison and Gascoyne bioregions , to the northern Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions . The type locality is Deception Hill, 100 km north of Koolyanobbing .[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ a b Rix, MG; Main, BY; Raven, RJ; Harvey, MS (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics . 31 (5): 566–634 [602]. doi :10.1071/IS16065 . S2CID 90787136 . ^ a b Rix, MG; Raven, RJ; Austin, AD; Cooper, SJB; Harvey, MS (2018). "Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Bungulla (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): Revealing a remarkable radiation of mygalomorph spiders from the Western Australian arid zone" . Journal of Arachnology . 46 (2): 249–344 [257]. doi :10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1 . S2CID 92457666 . Retrieved 28 July 2023 . ^ a b "Species Bungulla bertmaini Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017" . Australian Faunal Directory . Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023 .
