New Latrodectus species discovered!

[NYAN]

Hmmm, I'm wondering if some of the ones I've found locally could be it then? What's the species name? Looking forward to your pics!

Ugh, so mexicanus covers both species then? What a pain that is.

You may be able to find the species I’m referring to. It doesn’t have a species name to my understanding. I’ve never even seen it mentioned in literature or with photos as being found in the US either.

Mexicanus is a pseudoscientific name that people use to refer to the apparent mactans and Hesperus color variation found in Mexico. Like I said though, I guess that there are different species since they supposedly won’t mate with each other.

 

[pannaking22]

Alright, looks like I have to start collecting all the non-geo I see now lol.

 

[NYAN]

Alright, looks like I have to start collecting all the non-geo I see now lol.

Sounds like fun! Post pics of what you find.

 

[NYAN]

@Widowman10 good to see you’re around still.

 

[Widowman10]

@Widowman10 good to see you’re around still.

Thanks man!

This was such a great article, I very much enjoyed reading it!! And those images, are you kidding me?!

What an incredible find, and an amazing spider. Love the notes that state it was predominantly found higher up (80+ cm), and the coloration looks quite different than the others in its clade! Sounds like it's found in quite the niche habitat too, being in the sand forest. Great stuff.

 

[MintyWood826]

Sorry if it said this in the article and I missed it, but is it known why the eggsacks are purple?

 

[Widowman10]

This might be interesting if you can get access to it:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23610251?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

 

[Greasylake]

if you can get access to it

Sometimes being a college student has its benefits

 

[Mosfet]

The Pinda Button Spider

 

[Mosfet]

another short movie