Idiosoma gutharuka is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family, endemic to Australia and described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix and Mark Harvey. The specific epithet gutharuka comes from a contraction of "Gutha" and "Pintharuka", in reference to the type locality.[1][2]

Idiosoma gutharuka
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Idiosoma
Species:
I. gutharuka
Binomial name
Idiosoma gutharuka
Rix & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in Western Australia in the northern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Gutha, near Pintharuka.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rix, MG; Huey, JA; Cooper, SJB; Austin, AD; Harvey, MS (2018). "Conservation systematics of the shield-backed trapdoor spiders of the nigrum-group (Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae, Idiosoma): integrative taxonomy reveals a diverse and threatened fauna from south-western Australia". ZooKeys. 756: 1–121 [39]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. PMC 5956031. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  2. ^ a b "Species Idiosoma gutharuka Rix & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-05.