#AracnoThread : Selenopidae, a aranha-mural

Uma das mais achatadas, rápidas e aerodinâmicas do mundo. Exatamente, >aerodinâmicas!<
Em queda livre, elas deslizam no ar até a salvação mais próxima. Mas fique tranquilo, são inofensivas 😅

Segue o fio 🧵🕸️👇🏽

Another Texan, this is a 'flattie' (Family Selenopidae) we found in west Texas
#Arachtober

Portrait of a wall spider (Selenopidae)

First record of the family Selenopidae from Italy! By Lo Cascio & Grita (2010) at wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15779

Selenopidae, a dorsoventrally flattened group of spiders referred to as “flatties.” Virtually invisible had I not startled it into a contrasting tree.

Medo. #Aranha Selenops sp. (Selenopidae) predando uma mariposa.

That's scary. The #spider #Selenops sp. ( #Selenopidae ) preying a #moth .

The Selenops isopodus species group (Selenopidae) in Colombia, with the description of a new species! By Crews et al. (2021) at wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15775

Fiquem com essa linda Selenops sp. (Selenopidae) ou aranha-mural.
Tenham uma ótima noite 🌃🕷️

Ah~yes, tomato and potato

Color variatios in Dolomedes sulfureus. No wonder it has quite a lot of synonymized names.

Four-legged #flattie looking rough 🫤

#Selenops #spider ( #Selenopidae )
Vieques, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Dolomedes sulfureus L. Koch, 1878 is one of the few non-aquatic Dolomedes. In Taiwan, they can only be found in the north and central parts of the island; inhabiting forest edges or river banks but never engaging water bodies.

#NuevaEspecie #ArañasColombia

Selenops curruganja: una nueva especie de araña del Chocó biogeográfico.

Autores: Crews & Galvis (2021)
Familia: Selenopidae

Consulte aquí: doi: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1844914

A little #Arachtober teaser - a yet undescribed species from Madagascar subduing a termite worker.

Photo by Kuang-Ping Yu.

New publication of PhD student Kuang-Ping Yu! New species of Dolomedes from Madagascar increase the species count from 1 to 5 (400%)! :)

peerj.com/articles/16781…

Other island #spiders I photographed were a flattie and a.....wedgie? 😜 [ #Selenopidae & #Theridiidae ] #StJohnUSVI

Araña 'de pared' (Selenopidae) que ha perdido un par de patas, probablemente luchando con algún depredador.

Estas arañas son comunes en ambientes domésticos y no representan riesgo para personas ni mascotas.

#ArañasDeUruguay

Araña cangrejo de pared, fam. Selenopidae.
La velocidad de estas arañas es sorprendente

#NewLiterature Kurczewski, West, Crews, and Jenzen-Jones. Selenopidae ( #Arachnida : #Araneae ), a new host spider family for the spider wasp Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) ( #Hymenoptera : #Pompilidae : Pompilini). Insecta Mundi 0824: 1-6
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…