Aname tasmanica

Aname tasmanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Aname
Species:
A. tasmanica
Binomial name
Aname tasmanica
Hogg, 1902[1]

Aname tasmanica is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Tasmania. It was described in 1902 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2][3]

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to Tasmania.[3] The type locality is Table Cape in the north-west of the state.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Hogg, HR (1902). "On some additions to the Australian spiders of the sub-order Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1902 (2): 121–142 [140].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Aname tasmanica Hogg, 1902". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Aname tasmanica Hogg, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.


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