Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A two-year study into Australian wishbone spiders that saw researchers travel thousands of kilometres across eastern Australia to collect specimens has resulted in the discovery of 55 new species, making the Aname genus one of the most diverse and widespread group of arachnids in the country.

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