Bungulla riparia
Bungulla riparia is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1957 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Bungulla |
| Species: | B. riparia |
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| Bungulla riparia | |
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Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion, from Lesueur National Park southwards to Mount Misery, in woodland habitats and on creek banks on friable sedimentary soils. The type locality is a mile south of Mount Misery, west of Moora in the Wheatbelt.[1][3][2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators which construct burrows with stiff, flaplike trapdoors.[3]
References
- Main, BY (1957). "Biology of aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5: 402–473 [419].
- 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 [329]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- "Species Bungulla riparia (Main, 1957)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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