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Phinda button spider

Latrodectus umbukwane
Kuhusu jina: It is named after the Phinda Private Game Reserve, where research specimens were collected.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Buibui Kuumwa
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

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

Anaishi
Northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (known only from here as of 2019)1
Afrika
Nyumbani
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
Urefu
4 cm (1.6 in)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.98 kwa saa (maili 0.61 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Phinda button spider
Phinda button spider. Picha: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha na uweke barafu kupunguza maumivu. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu kama maumivu ni makali, yanasambaa au mtu anajisikia vibaya.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Phinda button spider urefu wa takriban 4 cm (1.6 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasi

Phinda button spider ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Latrodectus umbukwane
Kundi
Buibui
Familia
Theridiidae2
Mpangilio
Araneae
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
Females lay large, smooth egg sacs, which are bright purple when freshly laid.1
Muda wa maisha
takriban miaka 21
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Latrodectus umbukwane (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus umbukwane (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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