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]
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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: | Idiosoma |
| Species: | I. gutharuka
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| Idiosoma gutharuka | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in Western Australia in the northern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Gutha, near Pintharuka.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.