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N. komaci females are the largest Nephila yet discovered. Displaying sexual size dimorphism commonly observed in various species of spiders, the size of a male reaches a leg span of only about 2.5 centimetres, with a body length of about 9 mm, [3] roughly one fifth of that of a female. [2]
Artema atlanta is a species of spider of the family Pholcidae with a pantropical distribution. It is commonly known as the giant daddy-long-legs spider , in Australia [ 2 ] and South Africa. [ 3 ] With a body length of 8–11 mm, it is the largest pholcid in the world.
The female's anterior genital lip extends further posteriorly beyond the genital groove compared to other Allothele species. Except for specimens from Middledrift, Allothele teretis females feature distinctive spermathecal trunks that are strongly bent away from the midline at the distal end.
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Plexippus tsholotsho is a species of jumping spider in the genus Plexippus that lives in South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was first described in 2011 by the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska. The species was first found in the Zimbabwean district of Tsholotsho, after which the species is named. Only the female has been described.
The dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is arguably the biggest spider in South Carolina. A fishing spider is on top of a dead fishing spider on the Waccamaw River on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
The common rain spider (Palystes superciliosus), formerly P. natalius, [1] is a species of huntsman spider native to Southern Africa. [2] It is the most common and widespread species in the genus Palystes . [ 3 ]
The study was launched after Mr Christensen, based at the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales, collected a number of “unusually large male funnel-web spiders” as part of a venom ...