Setting out with a goal to describe over 100 new species of Australian Wishbone spiders, Dr. Jeremy Wilson, alongside Queensland Museum Network arachnologist, Dr. Michael Rix have traveled thousands of kilometers in eastern Australia to collect 136 specimens over the last six months.
of spider from Queensland as part of a year-long project to revise Australian wishbone spiders.
Wishbone spiders are burrowing spiders that live throughout dry and tropical regions of Australia. They are called wishbone spiders because many of them have two entrances to their burrow—a main entry and a second hidden entrance that the spider uses as an escape chute. These two entrances give the burrow a y-shape like a wishbone.
Dr. Wilson will now relocate to Western Australia and be based at the Western Australian Museum and the University of Western Australia for the final two years of his Fellowship. "Using molecular sequencing we will be able to study the evolution of the group across Australia, which is very exciting."
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