Bungulla dipsodes 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 dipsodes comes from the Greek for "thirsty", with reference to the arid landscape of the spiders’ range.[1][2]
Bungulla dipsodes | |
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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. dipsodes
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Binomial name | |
Bungulla dipsodes |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the Murchison region of Western Australia, north of the Robinson Ranges in the southern Gascoyne bioregion. The type locality is Meekatharra.[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 [280]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ a b "Species Bungulla dipsodes Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-31.