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Nemesiidae, Aname atra, Dipluridae, Stanwellia, Trapdoor spiders |
The spider genus Aname is endemic to Australia, with one species (A. tasmanica) found only on Tasmania. It contains the black wishbone spider, A. atra.
Spiders in this genus, together with the related and very similar genera Chenistonia and Namea, are called "wishbone spiders", for the shape of their open silk-lined burrow, which has the shape of the letter "Y", with one arm shorter than the other. Only the longer arm reaches the surface. The shorter arm is believed to allow the spider to survive flooding by trapping an air bubble.
While Aname prefers dry open country and occurs throughout much of Australia (though mostly inland), Chenistonia occurs mostly in south and western Australia, and Namea is only known along the east coasts in rain forests.
The lesser wishbone spider (A. distincta) occurs through lowland open forests of the Moreton Valley as far north as Eidsvold and Gayndah, the greater wishbone spider A. pallida from Gladstone along the dry coastal corridors to Cairns.
Bites from Aname are rare, but females of A. inimica (also called "unfriendly" by Aborigines) are reported to have bitten several people, resulting in local pain, redness and soreness.
Aname aragog Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 - Western Australia
Aname armigera Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Western Australia
Aname atra (Strand, 1913) — South Australia
Aname aurea Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — New South Wales
Aname barrema Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname blackdownensis Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname camara Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname carina Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname coenosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — South Australia
Aname collinsorum Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname comosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — South Australia
Aname cuspidata (Main, 1954) — Western Australia
Aname distincta (Rainbow, 1914) — Queensland
Aname diversicolor (Hogg, 1902) — Queensland
Aname earthwatchorum Raven, 1984 — Queensland
Aname ellenae Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 - Western Australia
Aname fuscocincta Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Western Australia
Aname grandis Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — South Australia
Aname hirsuta Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — South Australia
Aname humptydoo Raven, 1985 — Northern Territory
Aname inimica Raven, 1985 — Queensland, New South Wales
Aname kirrama Raven, 1984 — Queensland
Aname longitheca Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname maculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Western Australia
Aname mainae Raven, 2000 — South Australia
Aname marae Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 - Western Australia
Aname mellosa Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 - Western Australia
Aname pallida L. Koch, 1873 — Queensland
Aname platypus (L. Koch, 1875) — Australia
Aname robertsorum Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname tasmanica Hogg, 1902 — Tasmania
Aname tepperi (Hogg, 1902) — Southern Australia
Aname tigrina Raven, 1985 — Queensland
Aname tropica Raven, 1984 — Queensland
Aname turrigera Main, 1994 — Western Australia, South Australia
Aname villosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Western Australia
Aname warialda Raven, 1985 — Queensland, New South Wales
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