Aname scutitheca

Aname scutithecaThe described male specimen has a red carapace, grey-brown abdomen, and red front legs. It is badly damaged and fragmented; the authors say its colour probably faded significantly. It builds an open, silk-lined burrow with silk spilling from the entrance; soil may mound around it. Excavation reveals a short, hidden wishbone-shaped entrance ending in a thick white silk sheath. Northern Queensland, in the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion; records extend from Irvinebank and Silver Valley west to Forty Mile Scrub and Undara Volcanic National Parks, and north to near Mareeba.What does it look like?The described male specimen has a red carapace, grey-brown abdomen, and red front legs. It is badly damaged and fragmented; the authors say its colour probably faded significantly.What has been observed about its life?The described male specimen has a red carapace, grey-brown abdomen, and red front legs. It is badly damaged and fragmented; the authors say its colour probably faded significantly. It builds an open, silk-lined burrow with silk spilling from the entrance; soil may mound around it. Excavation reveals a short, hidden wishbone-shaped entrance ending in a thick white silk sheath. Northern Queensland, in the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion; records extend from Irvinebank and Silver Valley west to Forty Mile Scrub and Undara Volcanic National Parks, and north to near Mareeba.It builds an open, silk-lined burrow with silk spilling from the entrance; soil may mound around it. Excavation reveals a short, hidden wishbone-shaped entrance ending in a thick white silk sheath.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.