Black Wishbone Spider
S1, Male, posterior
Ellura
Golden Wishbone Spider
S1, Male, dorsal
 
                      
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)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Wishbone Spider (Aname sp ES01)
This Photo:     🔍S5, Male, ventral🔎
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
Males between 21 & 23mm long. They have spurs on the 3rd segment of the front legs; the tibia. These are for holding the female while mating (self protection).
While they don't build webs, they use their spinnerets to line their burrows.
Females are rarely found as they live in their burrows. While the males are found wandering around looking for a mate.
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 © 2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-Nov-2024
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.