Black Wishbone Spider
Male, anterior
Ellura
Black Wishbone Spider
Male, Tibial Spur & Brush Pad
 
                      
Black Wishbone Spider (Aname sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Wishbone Spider (:Mygalomorph Nemesiidae)
Species: Black Wishbone Spider (Aname sp ES01)
This Photo:     Male, posterior
Other name: Silverback

Thank you Mark Newton & Cael Gallery for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We thought both our Aname were Proshermacha sp, but Cael said "Proshermacha are very, very bright metallic; and i've never found one in such a dry area."

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Oct-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.