Aname warrego Wilson, Harvey, Simmons & Rix, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wilson, Jeremy D.
name: Harvey, Mark S.
name: Simmons, Leigh W.
name: Rix, Michael G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Anamidae
Aname
Aname warrego

description: Aname warrego sp. nov.
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Figs 1, 7, 48
Diagnosis
Males of A. warrego sp. nov. can be distinguished from all species for which males are known except A. aurensis sp. nov., A. briggsi sp. nov., A. eddieorum sp. nov., A. hughenden sp. nov., A. longitheca, A. mulgana sp. nov., and A. rupicola sp. nov. by a moderate to large body size (carapace length>4.0 mm), the presence of a long embolus (embolus length/ bulb length>1.5) that has a relatively wide basal section tapering into an attenuate, sinuous distal section after about 0.4 of length, and the absence of a prominent sharp heel on metatarsus I (as in the pallida -complex) (Fig. 48L–M). Males of A. warrego can be distinguished from those of A. aurensis, A. briggsi, A. hughenden, A. mulgana, and A. rupicola by the presence of a tibia I that stays about the same width from the proximal end to the base of the tibial spur when in lateral view (Fig. 48P; cf. Figs 34, 36, 41, 44, 46). Males of A. warrego can be distinguished from those of A. eddieorum and A. longitheca by the presence of a thinner palp tibia (palp tibia length / width> 3) (Fig. 48J–K; cf. Figs 39, 42).
Females of A. warrego sp. nov. are unknown.
Etymology
The specific epithet ‘ warrego ’ is a noun in apposition, referencing the distribution of this species in the Warrego River catchment, in the Carnarvon Range.
Type material
Holotype
AUSTRALIA – Queensland • ♂; Carnarvon Station, near Piebald Spring; 24°50′ S, 147°45′ E; 821 m a.s.l.; 6–24 Nov. 2010; C. Lambkin, Queensland Museum Team leg.; malaise trap, eucalypt/ Callistemon in rocky gully beside flowing creek; QMB S96932.
Paratype
AUSTRALIA – Queensland • 1 ♂; Carnarvon Station, 12 km WSW of headquarters; 24°50′ S, 147°38′ E; 1 Dec. 2012 – 17 Jan. 2013; G.B. Monteith and C. Wilson leg.; gutter trap, Callitris; QMB S104738.
Description
Male (holotype, QMB S96932)
GENERAL (Fig. 48A–Q). Body length 18.90, in good condition, colour presumably faded due to preservation.
DORSAL PROSOMA (Fig. 48A, E–F). Carapace length 7.55, width 6.48, length/width 1.16, clypeus to fovea length/carapace length 0.70, caput width/carapace width 0.71, carapace red-brown, caput slightly darker than thorax, reflective setae present, heavy on caput, moderate on thorax, fovea procurved, fovea width/carapace length 0.14 (Fig. 48A, F); chelicerae dark red-brown, rastellum absent or inconspicuous, chelicerae length/carapace length 0.53 (Fig. 48A); eye group rectangular, width/length 2.01, eye tubercle present (Fig. 48E).
ABDOMEN (Fig. 48B, D). Abdomen length 7.31, light grey, dorsal pattern absent, with consistent cover of short setae.
VENTRAL PROSOMA (Fig. 48C, G–I). Labium cuspules absent (Fig. 48H); maxillae heel distinct, cuspules present, count =about 102, extending posteriorly onto heel, extending laterally about 45% of maxillae length (Fig. 48C, I); coxae cuspules absent, thorn-like setae on prolateral face present (Fig. 48C, I); sternum length/width 1.17, many setae rubbed off, central sternum with consistent covering of short setae, row of longer setae around posterior edges (Fig. 48G–H); posterior sigilla semi-elongate, central sternum to posterior sigilla length/sternum length 0.18, posterior sigilla length/sternum length 0.20 (Fig. 48G–H); other sigilla small, round and lateral (Fig. 48G–H).
LEG I (Fig. 48N–Q). Leg I orange-brown, femur length 6.24, patella length 3.86, tibia length 4.56, metatarsus length 4.25, tarsus length 2.88, total length 21.78, leg I length/carapace length 2.89 (Fig. 48N– O); scopulae on distal metatarsus and tarsus (Fig. 48N–O); spine count Fe D 1, Fe PL 1, Pa PL 2, Ti PL 0, Ti RL 0, Me PL 0, Me RL 0, Ta 0 (Fig. 48N–O); tibia length/width [TIL/TID] 3.24, even width along length, spur present, digitiform, knuckle present, megaspine angled at 10 degrees, length to distal face of spur/tibia length [TIS/TIL] 0.44, spur height/tibia width [TISH/TID] 0.62, megaspine length/ tibia length 0.22 (Fig. 48N–P); metatarsus slightly sinuous, proximal excavation present, excavation concave with pronounced heel, heel semi-sharp, excavation length/metatarsus length [MIPEL/MIL] 0.44, metatarsus length/width [MIL/MID] 4.44 (Fig. 48N–O, Q).
PEDIPALP (Fig. 48J–M). Tibia length 3.61, width 1.15, length/width [PTL/PTD] 3.14, asetose depression present, depression length/palp tibia length [PDL/PTL] 0.56, retrolateral face with consistent covering of light setae, ventral face with one elongate bristle-like seta below depression, prolateral face with two disto-ventral spines, disto-medial spine absent (Fig. 48J–K); patella prolateral face with 2 spines (Fig. 48J–K); cymbium with scopulae present distally (Fig. 48J–K); copulatory organ total length 2.03, length/palp tibia length 0.56 (Fig. 48L–M); bulb length/width 0.77 (Fig. 48L–M); embolus tapering from bulb, attenuate, with wide base tapering about halfway along into attenuate apical section, one slight bend, at about 0.4 of length, slight bend before tip, width at base/bulb width 0.27, embolus length/ bulb length 2.63 (Fig. 48L–M).
Distribution and natural history
Aname warrego sp. nov. occurs in central Queensland, in the Brigalow Belt South bioregion. It is known from two locations in Upper Warrego, near Carnarvon National Park (Fig. 7). The form of burrows constructed by spiders of this species is unknown, but is likely to be similar to that of other eddieorum - complex species (Fig. 7).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Jeremy D., Harvey, Mark S., Simmons, Leigh W. & Rix, Michael G., 2025, An integrative systematic revision of the wishbone spiders (Araneae: Anamidae: Aname L. Koch, 1873) of subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, with the description of 55 new species, pp. 1-298 in European Journal of Taxonomy 985 on pages 71-73, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.985.2845, http://zenodo.org/record/15169471