Bungulla ajana 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 ajana refers to the type locality.[1][2]

Bungulla ajana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Bungulla
Species:
B. ajana
Binomial name
Bungulla ajana

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of Western Australia. The type locality is Ogilvie Road, west, about 40 km south-west of Ajana, near Kalbarri National Park.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ 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 [262]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. ^ a b "Species Bungulla ajana Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-28.