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The Patriotic Ground Spider is the common name for the genus Anzacia, and belong to the family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders). The Ground Spiders are a large and diverse group of spiders found all over Australia in habatits ranging from rainforests to deserts.
A feature of this group of spiders is the iridescent setae which is indicative of genera like Anzacia or Homoeothele.
The spider pictured here is thought to belong to the genus Anzacia. The spider is about 5 mm in length and was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Gnaphosidae
- Genus: Anzacia
- Species:
- Anzacia daviesae Ovtsharenko & Platnick, 1995
- Anzacia debilis (Hogg, 1900)
- Anzacia dimota (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia invenusta (L. Koch, 1872)
- Anzacia micacea (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia mustecula (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia perelegans (Rainbow, 1894)
- Anzacia petila (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia respersa (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia sarrita (Simon, 1908)
- Anzacia simoni Roewer, 1951
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Ian Dudley for help with ID and Ethan Yeoman for ID, member of Australian spider identification page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation/
- Anzacia Dalmas, 1919, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Anzacia
- Patriotic Ground Spiders (Genus Anzacia), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/375546-Anzacia
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