 While "Aname" prefers dry open country and occurs throughout much of Australia (though mostly inland), "Chenistonia" occurs mostly in south and western Australia, and "Namea" is only known along the east coasts in rain forests.The lesser wishbone spider ("A. distincta") occurs through lowland open forests of the Moreton Valley as far north as Eidsvold and Gayndah, the greater wishbone spider "A. pallida" from Gladstone along the dry coastal corridors to Cairns.Bites from "Aname" are rare, but females of "A. inimica" (also called "unfriendly" by Aborigines) are reported to have bitten several people, resulting in local pain, redness and soreness.