Ellen's Trapdoor Spider Aname ellenae Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012
Fauna Portal species: 6346
Aname ellenae male, dorsal (WAM T98890; Aquila Onslow, Western Australia)
Image: Harvey et al. (2012; combination of figs. 34 & 35)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5514Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2012): Males of Aname ellenae resemble A. barrema, A. distincta, A. inimica and A. marae in the shape of the bulb which gradually tapers to the embolus. The shape and proportions of metatarsus I and tibia I of A. ellenae differ from these species: metatarsus I is much stouter in A. barrema (3.8 x longer than deep), A. distincta (ca. 3.2 x) and A. inimica (ca. 3.0 x) than in A. ellenae (ca. 4.2 x) and the base of the tibial spur arises abruptly in A. barrema, A. distincta and A. inimica but arises gently in A. ellenae and A. marae. Aname ellenae differs from A. marae in details of the pedipalp: the embolus of A. ellenae is much less curved and almost circular in cross-section; in contrast, the embolus base of A. marae is broadly flattened. In addition, the pedipalpal tibia has a patch of short strong setae retrolaterally in A. ellenae, which is absent in A. marae. Females of A. ellenae are unknown.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2012): Molecular and morphological characterisation of new species in the trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa. 3383: 15 - 38