Prethopalpus attenboroughi

Prethopalpus attenboroughi, or Attenborough's goblin spider, is a tiny spider named after Sir David Attenborough, that is found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland in Australia. The millimeter-long spider was described in 2012 by Dr Barbara Baehr of the Queensland Museum and Professor Mark Harvey of the Western Australian Museum.[1]

Prethopalpus attenboroughi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Prethopalpus
Species:
P. attenboroughi
Binomial name
Prethopalpus attenboroughi
Baehr & Harvey, 2012

The male type specimen was collected in 1986; the female is unknown.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough". BBC News. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. The new Australasian goblin spider genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 369
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