Bungulla bidgemia
Appearance
Bungulla bidgemia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: | Bungulla |
Species: | B. bidgemia
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Binomial name | |
Bungulla bidgemia |
Bungulla bidgemia is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix, Robert Raven and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet bidgemia refers to the type locality.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in the far eastern Carnarvon xeric shrublands bioregion of Western Australia. The type locality is Bidgemia Station, near Gascoyne Junction.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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 [270]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ a b "Species Bungulla bidgemia Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-30.