Aname aurea
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| genus = Aname
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| authority = Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918{{cite journal |last1=Rainbow|first1=WJ |last2=Pulleine |first2=RH | date=1918 |title= Australian trap-door spiders|url= |journal= Records of the Australian Museum|volume=12 |issue= |pages=81–169 [145] |doi=10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882|doi-access=free |access-date=}}
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Aname aurea is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3c70b008-ed13-4171-92df-7e6849c18502 |title= Species Aname aurea Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918|author= |date=2022|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2023-06-15}}
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in New South Wales in saltbush dominated habitats. The type locality is Broken Hill in the west of the state.
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Arthropods of New South Wales
Category:Spiders described in 1918
Category:Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow
Category:Taxa named by Robert Henry Pulleine
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