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Bungulla hamelinensis

species of spiders

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ95573783 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bungulla hamelinensis 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 hamelinensis refers to the type locality.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia in the Carnarvon bioregion. The type locality is Nanga Station, near Hamelin Pool.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q95573783. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bungulla hamelinensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.