A Remarkable Discovery: Exploring a Rare Eresus and Spider Wasp Interaction

  Photo Credit: © Antonino Rametta . All photographs are used with permission. No part of these images may be reproduced, distributed, or used in any form without the prior written permission of the photographer. A Remarkable Discovery: Exploring a Rare Eresus and Spider Wasp Interaction One of the most rewarding aspects of maintaining Arácnido Taxonomy is hearing from naturalists and photographers around the world who take the time to share their discoveries. Every so often, an email arrives that immediately captures your attention. Not because it claims to rewrite what we know about biodiversity, but because it documents something that very few people have the opportunity to witness. Recently, I was contacted by a naturalist in Sicily who shared a series of exceptionally high-quality photographs of a female ladybird spider ( Eresus ) during what appeared to be an interaction with a spider wasp. Along with the images came a simple question: "Could this be scientifically import...

A new species in the mygalomorph trapdoor spider genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from Italy, with notes on Nemesia taxonomy

 


A new species in the mygalomorph trapdoor spider genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from Italy, with notes on Nemesia taxonomy

Abstract

A new species in the mygalomorph trapdoor spider genus Nemesia, Nemesia bosmansi sp. nov., is described from central-western Italy. The spiders studied and described here were all collected in June 2002 by pitfall trapping in sandy dunes of the Parco Nationale del Circeo (Lazio). Additional information on the general state of Nemesia taxonomy is also provided.

Decae, A. (2024). A new species in the mygalomorph trapdoor spider genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from Italy, with notes on Nemesia taxonomy. Arachnology 19(7): 966-972. 

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