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Sinopoda scurion is a species of huntsman spider discovered in 2012 in a Laotian cave. It has a leg span of about 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and a body span of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). It is the first recorded huntsman spider to lack eyes. [1] Due to its dark cave habitat, it has no requirement of vision for hunting. [2]
The species is classified as a member of troglofauna, more precisely a troglobiont species, meaning such spiders are obligate cave-dwellers adapted to living in dark surroundings. [3] [4] Stalita taenaria is a species of a few European countries. [5] The spider is thought to be the first described species of true (eyeless [6]) cave spider in ...
The Kauaʻi cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops, the only species in the genus Adelocosa), also known to local residents as the blind spider, is only known to occur in a few caves in a lava flow with an area of 10.5 km 2 (4.1 sq mi) in the Kōloa–Poʻipū region of Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands, and only six populations are known to exist. [3]
Lygromma anops is one of only three known eyeless spiders in the superfamily Gnaphosoidea, and one of only two known troglobites (cave species). It is found in lava caves on Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos.
Cicurina madla is a rare species of spider in the family Cicurinidae, [1] known by the common name Madla Cave meshweaver. It is endemic to Texas , United States, where it is known to originate from only eight or nine caves in Bexar County . [ 3 ]
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Texella reyesi pair from Gallifer Cave, Travis County, TX. This harvestman is eyeless and pale orange in color. [2] It is 1.4 to 2.7 millimeters long and has long legs. [4] The lack of eyes and body pigment and the long legs are adaptations for life as a troglobite, an animal which spends its whole life in dark caves. [5] It consumes ...