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Genus: Aname L. Koch, 1873 | Family: Anamidae Simon, 1889

Aname pallida L. Koch, 1873

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001074

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany jm (A0002114 = MGH 8104) - (Wilson et al., 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Aname pallida L. Koch, 1873: 465, pl. 35, f. 8 (Df; jm per Wilson et al., 2025: 21,) Original description

Aname pallida Raven, 1981c: 329, f. 1-3, 13, 48, 53-55, 58, 64 (f; m f. 8-10, 14, 44-47, 49 see Aname ferruginea)

Aname pallida Raven, 1985b: 403, f. 2 (S of Chenistonia giraulti, revalidated by Wilson et al., 2025: 37, sub Aname)

Aname pallida Harvey et al., 2018: 444, f. 16a-g (mf)

Aname pallida Wilson et al., 2025a: 21, f. 15A-Q, 16A-L, 17A-K (Dm, f)

References

Harvey, M. S., Hillyer, M. J., Main, B. Y., Moulds, T. A., Raven, R. J., Rix, M. G., Vink, C. J. & Huey, J. A. (2018). Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian open-holed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 407-452. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx111 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 8-9]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 369-472, pl. 28-36. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (1981c). A review of the Australian genera of the mygalomorph spider subfamily Diplurinae (Dipluridae: Chelicerata). Australian Journal of Zoology 29(3): 321-363. doi: 10.1071/ZO9810321 -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (1985b). A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 33(3): 377-409. doi: 10.1071/ZO9850377 -- Show included taxa

Wilson, J. D., Harvey, M. S., Simmons, L. W. & Rix, M. G. (2025a). 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. European Journal of Taxonomy 985: 1-298. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.985.2845 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-03	First description of male	Wilson et al., 2025a	Old value
2025-04-03	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Aname giraulti (Rainbow, 1914)
2025-04-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Wilson et al., 2025a
2018-10-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Harvey et al., 2018