''Bungulla mckenziei'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix,

Robert Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described many species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider bit ...

and

Mark Harvey Mark Harvey (born 11 June 1965) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played over 200 games during fourteen seasons with the Essendon Football Club, winning three premierships, and was senior coach of Fremantle from 2007 t ...

. The specific epithet ''mckenziei'' honours Norm McKenzie for his contributions to the Southern Carnarvon Basin Survey and to the study of Australian biodiversity.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

in the southern Carnarvon, Yalgoo and northern Geraldton Sandplains bioregions, its range extending from the Peron Peninsula southwards to Zuytdorp. The type locality is Zuytdorp.

References

mckenziei Spiders of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Arthropods of Western Australia Spiders described in 2018 Taxa named by Michael G. Rix Taxa named by Robert Raven Taxa named by Mark Harvey {{Idiopidae-stub