Anelosimus biglebowski
Anelosimus biglebowski | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Theridiidae |
Genus: | Anelosimus |
Species: | A. biglebowski |
Binomial name | |
Anelosimus biglebowski I. Agnarsson, 2006 | |
Anelosimus biglebowski is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae. All specimens known have been found in the Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve,[1] Mufindi District, Tanzania. It is named for the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.[2]
Description
A. biglebowski ranges in total length from 1.80–2.10mm in males and 1.85–2.15mm in females. Coloration of the abdomen is variable in both sexes.[2]
Habitat and natural history
The only known specimens have been collected from mid-elevation rainforest in the Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, most commonly from an elevation of 1650–1730m. There may be a sex ratio of 2.5 females to 1 male. Habitat range is similar to Anelosimus dude, which is also close genetically.[2]
References
- ↑ In the publication of the find, Agnarsson and Zhang (2006), this was described as "Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Agnarsson, Ingi; Zhang, Jun-Xia. "New species of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Africa and Southeast Asia, with notes on sociality and color polymorphism". Zootaxa 1147: 1–34. Retrieved 11 March 2012.