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Nephilengys Dodo
''Nephilingis dodo'' is an Nephilidae, nephilid spider endemic to Mauritius. It was found to be separate from the related species ''Nephilingis borbonica'' in 2011.Kuntner & Agnarsson 2011Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys) ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 59:477-488. Anatomy Female The abdomen is strikingly white. Females reach a length of about 23mm. Male Only 5 to 6 mm in length, males have a grey abdomen with white spots and a yellow-brown sternum. Distribution ''N. dodo'' is endemic to Mauritius, where it inhabits the native forests. Name Named after the vernacular of the extinct flightless bird from Mauritius, the dodo (''Raphus cucullatus''). These two species once shared their habitat, the increasingly rare native forests in Mauritius. The specific name, a noun in apposition, is meant to increase awareness of the need for urgent conservation of the Mauritius biota. References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matjaž Kuntner
Matjaž or Matjaz is a given name. It may refer to: *King Matjaž, legendary king in Slovenia, as well as Croatia and elsewhere * Matjaž Brumen (born 1982), Slovenian handball player * Matjaž Ceraj (born 1983), Slovenian judoka * Matjaž Cvikl (1967–1999), Slovenian footballer who played in a forward role * Matjaž Debelak (born 1965), Slovenian ski jumper * Matjaž Florijančič (born 1967), former Slovenian football (soccer) player * Matjaz Godina (1768–1835), Slovene Lutheran pastor, writer and teacher in Hungary *Matjaž Kek (born 1961), former Slovenian footballer and a coach * Matjaž Klopčič (1934–2007), Slovenian film director and screenwriter *Matjaž Kopitar (born 1965), retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player * Matjaž Kozelj (born 1970), retired male butterfly swimmer from Slovenia * Matjaž Markič (born 1983), male breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia * Matjaž Mlakar (born 1981), professional handball player *Matjaž Perc (born 1979), Slovenian physici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephilidae
Nephilidae is a spider family commonly referred to as golden orb-weavers. The various genera in the Nephilidae family were formerly placed in Tetragnathidae and Araneidae. All nephilid genera partially renew their webs. Reproductive behavior The genera '' Herennia'', '' Nephilengys'' and '' Nephilingis'' display extreme sexually driven selection. The pedipalps of these genera have become highly derived by evolving enlarged, complex palpal bulbs which break off inside the females' copulatory openings after copulation. The broken palps serve as mating plugs, which makes future matings with a mated female more difficult. These genera of spiders also participate in mate guarding; a mated male will stand guard by his female and chase off other males, thereby increasing the mated male's paternity share. Mated males are castrated in the process of mate plugging, though this may be an advantage in mate guarding, as mated males have been observed to fight more aggressively and win more fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals). The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering approximately . The 1502 Portuguese Cantino planisphere has led some historians to speculate that Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island around 975, naming it ''Dina Arobi''. Called ''Ilha do Cirne'' or ''Ilha do Cerne'' on early Portuguese maps, the island was visited by Portuguese sailors in 1507. A Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral Van War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephilingis Borbonica
''Nephilingis borbonica'' is an nephilid spider from Réunion. It was once thought to also inhabit Madagascar and other nearby islands, however these were determined in 2011 to be a different species, '' Nephilingis livida'', while specimens from Mauritius were placed in the new species '' Nephilingis dodo''.Kuntner & Agnarsson 2011Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys) ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 59:477–488. Anatomy Female The color of the abdomen ranges from striking bright red to whitish-red, with larger specimens displaying a brighter red. Total length ranges from about 14 to 22mm. Male Males' total length ranges from about 4 to 6 mm. They have a yellow-brown prosoma, and a gray abdomen with white pigment dots. Distribution ''N. borbonica'' occurs in Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the gut, belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach) is the front part of the torso between the thorax (chest) and pelvis in humans and in other vertebrates. The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal cavity. In arthropods, it is the posterior (anatomy), posterior tagma (biology), tagma of the body; it follows the thorax or cephalothorax. In humans, the abdomen stretches from the thorax at the thoracic diaphragm to the pelvis at the pelvic brim. The pelvic brim stretches from the lumbosacral joint (the intervertebral disc between Lumbar vertebrae, L5 and Vertebra#Sacrum, S1) to the pubic symphysis and is the edge of the pelvic inlet. The space above this inlet and under the thoracic diaphragm is termed the abdominal cavity. The boundary of the abdominal cavity is the abdominal wall in the front and the peritoneal surface at the rear. In vertebrates, the abdomen is a large body cavity enclosed by the abdominal muscles, at the front an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphus Cucullatus
The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subtribe Raphina, a clade of extinct flightless birds that are a part of the group that includes pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae). The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based on the also-extinct Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos. Subfossil remains show the dodo measured about in height and may have weighed in the wild. The dodo's appearance in life is evidenced only by drawings, paintings, and written accounts from the 17th century. Since these portraits vary considerably, and since only some of the illustrations are known to have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Systematic Entomology
''Systematic Entomology'' is a scientific journal covering the field of systematic entomology, published by the Royal Entomological Society of London. Having begun in 1932 as '' Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B: Taxonomy'', the title was changed to ''Journal of Entomology, Series B: Taxonomy'' in 1971, starting with volume 40. After volume 44 in 1976, the journal became ''Systematic Entomology'', starting again with volume 1. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.844. It is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: *''Academic Search'' *''AGRICOLA'' *'' Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts'' *'' BIOBASE'' *'' Biological Abstracts'' *''BIOSIS Previews'' *''CAB Direct (database), CAB Direct'' *''CSA Biological Sciences Database'' *''CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database'' *''Current Contents'' *''Embiology'' *''IBIDS'' *''InfoTrac'' *''Journal Citation Reports '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiders Of Africa
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 53,034 spider species in 136 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel. However, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
