Spaulderback Spider Aname lorica Castalanelli, Framenau, Huey, Hillyer & Harvey, 2020
Fauna Portal species: 383
Diagnosis
The Spaulderback Spider is a large mygalomorph spider of generally dark brown to black colouration and has previously been misidentified as A. mainae, which likely represents a common species complex from south-western Australia which has not been revised.
The Spaulderback Spider is currently only know from Barrow Island and Varanus Island off the north-western West Australian coast.
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