The spider genus ''Aname'' is

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, with one species (''Aname tasmanica'') found only on

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. It contains the ''black wishbone spider'', ''A. atra''. Spiders in this genus, together with the related and very similar genera ''

Chenistonia ''Chenistonia'' is a genus of spiders in the family Anamidae. It was first described in 1901 by Hogg. , it contains 8 species, all from Australia. Species ''Chenistonia'' comprises 8 species: *'' Chenistonia boranup'' Main, 2012 — Australia ...

'' and ''

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'', are called "

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spiders", for the shape of their open

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-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

(though mostly inland), ''

'' occurs mostly in south and western Australia, and ''

'' 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

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, the greater wishbone spider ''A. pallida'' from Gladstone along the dry coastal corridors to

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. 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.

Species

, the ''

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'' accepts the 48 species: * '' A. aragog'' Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. atra'' (Strand, 1913) — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. aurea'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (New South Wales) * '' A. baileyorum'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. barrema'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. blackdownensis'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. camara'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. carina'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. coenosa'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. collinsorum'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. comosa'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. distincta'' (Rainbow, 1914) — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. diversicolor'' (Hogg, 1902) — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. elegans'' (Harvey, Wilson & Rix, 2022) — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. ellenae'' Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. exulans'' Harvey & Huey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. frostorum'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. fuscocincta'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. grandis'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. grothi'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. hirsuta'' Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. humptydoo'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Northern Territory) * '' A. inimica'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) * '' A. kirrama'' Raven, 1984 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. lillianae'' Harvey & Huey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. longitheca'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. lorica'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. maculata'' (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. mainae'' Raven, 2000 — Australia (South Australia) * '' A. marae'' Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. mcalpinei'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. mccleeryorum'' Harvey & Huey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. mellosa'' Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. munyardae'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. nitidimarina'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. pallida'' L. Koch, 1873 ( type) — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. phillipae'' Harvey & Huey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. platypus'' (L. Koch, 1875) — Australia * '' A. pulchella'' (Harvey, Wilson & Rix, 2022) — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. robertsorum'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. simoneae'' Harvey & Huey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. sinuata'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. tasmanica'' Hogg, 1902 — Australia (Tasmania) * '' A. tigrina'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland) * '' A. vernonorum'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. warialda'' Raven, 1985 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) * '' A. watsoni'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia) * '' A. whitei'' Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020 — Australia (Western Australia)

References

Anamidae Spiders of Australia Mygalomorphae genera {{Mygalomorphae-stub