False funnel-web

Fact Box Species: Aname barrema (QM) (ID explained below) Previous species name: Dekana species (RM) Family: Nemesiidae formerly Dipluridae Body length: female: 28 mm including chelicerae male: 21 mm including chelicerae Habitat: This species constructs a burrow in open forest locations; possibly with a side branch and a pair of burrow entrances. In districts where this species is present the burrows are often found in quite large numbers over a small area Toxicity: Uncertain; males sometimes enter human habitations and should be not be handled though they are probably harmless

The female The male Male spurs, palps a different male? Under another male Burrow entrance

The male of this species is identified by the shape of the spur and double megaspine on the tibia of the first pair of legs as well as the meat-cleaver like metatarsus on Leg I. Most males are collected in spring. Females occupy a burrow up to 30 cm deep with a thinly webbed collar at its entrance. The range of this species is the Darling Downs region of South Queensland, especially including the area from Chinchilla to Stanthorpe.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Other Aname species as well as some idiopids.