Species Aname diversicolor (Hogg, 1902)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dekana diversicolor Hogg, H.R. 1902. On some additions to the Australian spiders of the sub-order Mygalomorphae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 121-142 [3 June 1902] [138].

  Type data:

   Neotype SAMA N1980196 ♂ adult, 26 km NW Elliston, SA (original localities of Hogg untraceable, given as Deka Station, Blackhall probably Colona Station, Blackhill).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Main, B.Y. 1982. Notes on the revised taxonomic position of the black wishbone spider Dekana diversicolor Hogg (Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65: 25-29.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Main, B.Y. 1972. The mygalomorph spider genus Stanwellia Rainbow and Pulleine (Dipluridae) and its relationship to Aname Koch and certain other diplurine genera. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55: 100-114 [Dec. 1972] [100]
• Main, B.Y. 1982. Notes on the revised taxonomic position of the black wishbone spider Dekana diversicolor Hogg (Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 65: 25-29 [29]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low woodland, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Y-shaped burrow in sandy and loamy soils.

 

General References

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (biology, burrow, under Dekana diversicolor Hogg)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)