White's Trapdoor Spider Aname whitei Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020
Fauna Portal species: 10522
Aname whitei male, dorsal (WAM T95403; Jimblebar mine site, 35 km South of Newman, Western Australia)
Image: Castalanelli et al. (2020; combination of figs 148 & 151)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5519Diagnosis
(after Castalanelli et al. 2020): Males of Aname whitei differ from all other species of Aname by the thickened and flattened embolus. Females differ by the shape of the spermathecae which have a bulbous basal section and long, laterally-directed lobes.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2020): New species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from arid Western Australia. Journal of Arachnology. 48: 169 - 213