Idiosoma gutharuka

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]

Idiosoma gutharuka
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Idiosoma
Species:	I. gutharuka
Binomial name
Idiosoma gutharuka Rix & Harvey, 2018[1]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia in the northern Avon Wheatbelt bioregion. The type locality is Gutha, near Pintharuka.^[1][2]

References

1. 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.
2. "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.