Bungulla inermis

Bungulla inermis 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 inermis comes from the Latin for “defenceless” or “toothless”, with reference to the morphology of the male palpal tibia, which lacks spinules.^[1][2]

Bungulla inermis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Bungulla
Species:	B. inermis
Binomial name
Bungulla inermis Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in the north-eastern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion, from Mount Gibson southwards to Merredin. The type locality is 2 km north of Bunce Bin, near Beacon.^[1][2]

References

1. 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 [303]. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
2. "Species Bungulla inermis Rix, Raven & Harvey, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.