Bungulla harrisonae 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 harrisonae honours arachnologist Sophie Harrison for her contributions to idiopid systematics, especially the taxonomy of Blakistonia.[1][2]
| Bungulla harrisonae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Bungulla |
| Species: | B. harrisonae
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| Binomial name | |
| Bungulla harrisonae | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the Jarrah Forest bioregion. The type locality is in jarrah forest in the John Forrest National Park, on the Darling Scarp, some 24 km east of Perth.[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 [296]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ a b "Species Bungulla harrisonae Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-03.