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A new species of wishbone spider (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Aname) collected on a Bush Blitz expedition in the eastern Murchison bioregion of Western Australia
Arianna Urso, Mark S. Harvey, Michael G. Rix & Jeremy D. Wilson
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Arianna Urso [1*], Mark S. Harvey [1, 2, 3], Michael G. Rix [3, 1] & Jeremy D. Wilson [1, 2, 3]
[1] Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia
[2] School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
[3] Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Hendra, QLD 4011, Australia.
Abstract
There are currently 110 described species of wishbone spiders in the genus Aname L. Koch, 1873, although many more are recognised but remain undescribed. In Western Australia, only 26 species of Aname have been formally described to date. In this paper, we describe a new species, Aname hetaera sp. nov., using both morphological and genetic evidence. This species belongs to the pulchella group, and is distinguished by its bold abdominal chevrons, a feature unique among currently described Aname species. Several specimens of A. hetaera sp. nov. were collected from the Murchison bioregion of Western Australia during the 2023 Tjiwarl Bush Blitz expedition.
Cite this paper as: Urso A, Harvey MS, Rix MG & Wilson JD (2025). A new species of wishbone spider (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Aname) collected on a Bush Blitz expedition in the eastern Murchison bioregion of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 95: 1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.pkae4
This paper was published on: 14/7/2025
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