Bungulla (spider)

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Bungulla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Bungulla
Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017 [1]
Type species
B. bertmaini Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017
Species

32, see text

Bungulla is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders first described by Michael Gordon Rix, Robert J. Raven, Barbara York Main & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2017. [2] [3]

Species

As of April 2019 the genus contained thirty-two species, all from Western Australia: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Bungulla Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  2. Rix, M. G.; Raven, R. J.; Main, B. Y.; Harrison, S. E.; Austin, A. D.; Cooper, S. J. B.; Harvey, M. S. (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. doi:10.1071/IS16065. S2CID   90787136.
  3. 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. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1 . Retrieved 2023-07-28.