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Phinda button spider

Latrodectus umbukwane
Davart il num: It is named after the Phinda Private Game Reserve, where research specimens were collected.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Filiens Morsas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The Phinda button spider is a type of button, or widow, spider. It was formally described as a new species in 2019. It lives only in sand forests in northern Zululand, in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, and is believed to be the largest member of its genus.1

Viva en
Northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (known only from here as of 2019)1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in lowland sand forest. Females build silk retreats in tree hollows and stumps more than 50 cm above the ground, higher than most other members of the genus. A single specimen was found in the garden of a house on Tembe Elephant Park, at the edge of disturbed sand forest.1
Lunghezza
4 cm (1,6 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,98 km/h (0,61 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Phinda button spider
Phinda button spider. Foto: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Females have red markings on both the top and underside of the abdomen, which no other African Latrodectus species has.1
  • Males have white markings on the underside of the abdomen, which darken with age.1
  • Egg sacs are large and smooth, bright purple when freshly laid, fading to shiny grey as they dry.1
  • Webs are not usually found outside the tree hollow. When present, they are typical hackle webs spreading out from the hollow.1

Savens confundì cun: Other African button spiders do not have the red markings on both the top and underside of the female abdomen, which is the main feature that sets this species apart.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Sch'el morda

  • Lava la morsa e metta in pachet da glatsch sin ella cunter las dolurs. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas, sa derasan u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Phinda button spider circa 4 cm lung (1,6 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri

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Fatgs

1

It is believed to be the largest member of the button spider genus, Latrodectus.1

2

Its discovery was the first new addition to the genus in 28 years. Before this, 31 button or widow spiders were known, eight of them from Africa.1

3

Females nest in tree hollows and stumps higher above the ground than most other members of the genus.1

4

It was first found in 2014 in Tembe Elephant Park, but was only confirmed as a new species in 2019, after live specimens were collected from Phinda reserve.1

5

One female kept in a laboratory lived for two years until her natural death, and her offspring were also studied.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Latrodectus umbukwane
Gruppa
Filiens
Famiglia
Theridiidae2
Urden
Araneae
Continents
Africa
Poppins
Females lay large, smooth egg sacs, which are bright purple when freshly laid.1
Durada da vita
circa 2 onns1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Latrodectus umbukwane (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus umbukwane (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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