Bungulla bertmaini is a 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]

Bungulla bertmaini
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. bertmaini
Binomial name
Bungulla bertmaini

Distribution and habitat

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.