Aname aragog

Aname aragog is a species of trapdoor spider in the family Anamidae. It is found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The specific epithet is in reference to the spider Aragog in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.[1]

Aname aragog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Aname
Species:
A. aragog
Binomial name
Aname aragog
Harvey et al., 2012[1][2]

References

  1. Harvey, Frances S. B.; Framenau, Volker W.; Wojcieszek, Janine M.; Rix, Michael G.; Harvey, Mark S. (2012). "Molecular and morphological characterisation of new species in the trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia". Zootaxa. 3383 (1): 15–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3383.1.3.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Aname aragog Harvey, Framenau, Wojcieszek, Rix & Harvey, 2012". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

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