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Ikhathuni ka-Phinda button spider
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Phinda button spider

Latrodectus umbukwane
Mayelana negama: It is named after the Phinda Private Game Reserve, where research specimens were collected.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izicabucabu Ukuluma
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Ihlala
Northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (known only from here as of 2019)1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
4 cm (1.6 in)3
usayizi ojwayelekile womuntu omdala wesilwane
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.98 km/h (0.61 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Phinda button spider
Phinda button spider. Isithombe: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: 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

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa bese ubeka iphakethe leqhwa phezu kwalo ngenxa yobuhlungu. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha uma ubuhlungu bunamandla, busabalala noma umuntu ezizwa engaphilile.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Phinda button spider ubude obucishe bube ngu-4 cm (1.6 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side cishe njengesibophi sephepha

Phinda button spider mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Latrodectus umbukwane
Iqembu
Izicabucabu
Umndeni
Theridiidae2
Ukuhleleka
Araneae
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
Females lay large, smooth egg sacs, which are bright purple when freshly laid.1
Isikhathi sokuphila
cishe iminyaka engu-21
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Latrodectus umbukwane (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus umbukwane (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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