I was working in the excavator today and had unearthed this beauty. I leapt off the machine to see it was a species of aname and without thinking I simply cupped my hands around it and picked it up, I turned around to see the sheer horror on my truck drivers face lol.
How gorgeous! From my limited experience with Yukinoshita, Aname seem to be a quite relaxed genus. While timid, they dont show much aggression other than toward food. Any idea where you could find females to pair this lovely man with?
Its 100% a male, but i couldn't say what species. It does look quite a bit like my Namea sp. Tamborine but it has too much metallic shine on the head. I certainly wish i had a female though, the black wishbones are some of the more uncommon and beautiful ones. Im not seeing any mating spines on the front legs either which most Nemesiidae i know have, so that might narrow down the ID a little
Any spurs? Are we certain it's a male? I can't make out the palps properly. If he's is a male and has shiv like spurs on the first pair of legs then it is an Aname species Nemesiidae (the top view of the legs suggest that it does not possess the leg modifications of an Aname male that a side view would confirm). Otherwise, I believe he would be a Stanwellia sp. as the males lack spurs. I don't think it is a Namea sp. as I believe they do not have the hairs visible on this spider's carapace. I might flick through the literature later to confirm. If she's a female I'd hedge towards Aname.
Any spurs? Are we certain it's a male? I can't make out the palps properly. If he's is a male and has shiv like spurs on the first pair of legs then it is an Aname species Nemesiidae (the top view of the legs suggest that it does not possess the leg modifications of an Aname male that a side view would confirm). Otherwise, I believe he would be a Stanwellia sp. as the males lack spurs. I don't think it is a Namea sp. as I believe they do not have the hairs visible on this spider's carapace. I might flick through the literature later to confirm. If she's a female I'd hedge towards Aname.
Ive seen so many wishbone males to compare with that im 100% sure this is a male. The little hoof bulbs at the end of the pedipalps are very visible here
I agree with this assessment, but for future reference some Namea like Salanitri do get coppery reflective hairs on the carapace. However up until the ultimate molt they dont have them
I agree with this assessment, but for future reference some Namea like Salanitri do get coppery reflective hairs on the carapace. However up until the ultimate molt they dont have them
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