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False funnel-web
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Species: |
Aname barrema (QM) (ID explained below)
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Previous species name: |
Dekana species (RM)
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Body length: |
female: 28 mm including chelicerae
male: 21 mm including chelicerae
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Habitat: |
This species constructs a burrow possibly with a side branch and a pair of burrow entrances and in open forest locations. In districts where this species is present the burrows are often found in quite large numbers over a small area of ground
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Toxicity: |
Uncertain; males sometimes enter human habitations and should be not be handled though they are probably harmless
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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.
Known Range: This spider is most common in the Darling Downs area of Queensland and down to the Northern NSW border.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Other Aname species as well as some idiopids.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 4 January 2022.
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