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Phinda button spider

Latrodectus umbukwane
Ci turam: It is named after the Phinda Private Game Reserve, where research specimens were collected.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jargoñ Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci
Northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (known only from here as of 2019)1
Afrig
Kër
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
Guddaay
4 cm (1,6 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,98 km/h (0,61 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Phinda button spider
Phinda button spider. Foto: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt te teg ci mbuusu galaas ngir metit wi. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su metit wi dëgëree, mu law, walla yaramu nit ki baaxul.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

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Phinda button spider guddaayam lu tollu ci 4 cm (1,6 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
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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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Latrodectus umbukwane
Mbooloo
Jargoñ
Njaboot
Theridiidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
Females lay large, smooth egg sacs, which are bright purple when freshly laid.1
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 2 at1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Latrodectus umbukwane (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus umbukwane (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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