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Uroballus Carlei
''Uroballus carlei'' is a species of spider of the genus '' Uroballus''. It is endemic to Hong Kong. Like '' U. koponeni'', this species seems to mimic small caterpillars, likely those of lichen moths. The authors of the description hypothesize that ''U. carlei'' might normally live in tree canopies. Distribution ''Uroballus carlei'' has been described from one male, which was collected in 2018 from a railing at the edge of Shek O Country Park, Hong Kong. Name The species is named after American illustrator Eric Carle of '' The Very Hungry Caterpillar'' fame, at the occasion of his 90th birthday, the 50th anniversary of his most famous book, and to honor his contribution to early childhood nature education. Description Like other species of this genus, ''U. carlei'' has unusually long spinnerets, and a flat and broadened carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, 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 for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 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 sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uroballus
''Uroballus'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It includes seven accepted species. ''Uroballus'' is similar to the related genus ''Stertinius''.Logunov, D. V. (2018)Description of two new species from the genera ''Stertinius'' Simon, 1890 and ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo ''Arthropoda Selecta'' 27(1): 57-60 Other related genera are ''Ligurra'', ''Phyaces'' and ''Simaetha''. Description ''Uroballus'' are about 3 mm long in both sexes. The cephalothorax is very broad, almost square. The abdomen is oval, the first pair of legs thick and short with swollen femora. The other legs are weak. The Spinneret (spider), spinnerets are very long and thin.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289 Among spiders, only Hersiliidae possess longer spinnerets. The function of such long spinnerets remains unknown.Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example ''Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uroballus Koponeni
''Uroballus koponeni'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Uroballus''. It is endemic to the Malaysian part of Borneo.Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, with the longest spinnerets of any known jumping spider. Zootaxa 3894(1): 183-187 This species is closest to '' Uroballus kinabalu''. ''U. koponeni'' has different spermathecal chambers, longer spinnerets, and long abdominal hairs.Logunov, D. V. (2018)Description of two new species from the genera Stertinius Simon, 1890 and Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 57-60 Distribution ''Uroballus koponeni'' has been described from one female and two immatures, which were collected in 1987, by beating foliage in secondary forest in Kampong Kuap, near Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. Name The species is named after Finnish arachnologist Seppo Koponen, who turned 70 at the year of description. Description The body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichen Moth
The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Systematics The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen and tiger moth family, Arctiidae. The ranks of the family and its subdivisions were lowered in a recent reclassification while keeping the contents of the family and its subdivisions largely unchanged. These changes in rank triggered changes in the suffixes in the names. The family Arctiidae as a whole was reclassified as the subfamily Arctiinae within the family Erebidae. The original subfamily Lithosiinae was lowered to tribe status as Lithosiini, and its original tribes were lowered to subtribe status by changing the -ini suffix to -ina (e.g., Acsalini became Acsalina). Thus the present name "Lithosiini" used to refer to only a subgroup of the entire lichen moth group (Lithosiinae), but now it refers to the entire group. The systemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shek O Country Park
Shek O Country Park is a rural marine park located on Shek O, Southern District, Hong Kong and facing the South China Sea. The 701-hectare park opened on 21 September 1979. Urban hiking is extremely popular here, there are three exceptional hiking trails, one of which Time Magazine Asia declared the best urban hiking trail in Asia, the Dragon's Back. The spider species Uroballus carlei was discovered at this park. Features The park's attractions include: *Pottinger Peak *Mount Collinson * Wan Cham Shan *Dragon's Back, including Shek O Peak *D'Aguilar Peak *Hong Kong Trail *To Tei Wan Village * Shek O Beach See also * D'Aguilar Peninsula D'Aguilar Peninsula () is located in southeastern Hong Kong Island, in the Southern District of Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong ... References External links Shek O Country Park Country parks and special areas of Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Carle
Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021) was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. His career as an illustrator and children's book author took off after he collaborated on ''Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?''. He illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world. In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010. Early life Carle was born on June 25, 1929, in Syracuse, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'' is a 1969 children’s picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle. The book features a hungry caterpillar that eats a variety of foods before pupating and emerging as a butterfly. It has won many children’s literature awards and major graphic design awards. It has sold upwards of 50 million copies worldwide, selling roughly a copy per thirty seconds since its publication. The book has been lauded as “one of the greatest childhood classics of all time.” Its ‘eaten’ holes and collage artwork were innovative for its time. The book includes counting, days of the week, food, and a butterfly’s life cycle, which contribute to juvenile education. Carle’s original work has been the basis for various tie-in products. Synopsis On an early Sunday morning, “a tiny and very hungry caterpillar” hatches from his egg. Then, he searches for something to eat. For the following five days, Monday through Friday, the very hungry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinneret
A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and are typically segmented. While most spiders have six spinnerets, some have two, four, or eight. They can move both independently and in concert. Most spinnerets are not simple structures with a single orifice producing a single thread, but complex structures of many microscopic spigots, each producing one filament. This produces the necessary orientation of the protein molecules, without which the silk would be weak and useless. Spigots can be singular or found in groups, which also permits spiders to combine multiple filaments in different ways to produce many kinds of silk for various purposes. Spinneret morphology can help arachnologists identify the taxon of a specimen and the specific morphology of a spigot can determine its use as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapace
A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron. Crustaceans In crustaceans, the carapace functions as a protective cover over the cephalothorax (i.e., the fused head and thorax, as distinct from the abdomen behind). Where it projects forward beyond the eyes, this projection is called a rostrum. The carapace is calcified to varying degrees in different crustaceans. Zooplankton within the phylum Crustacea also have a carapace. These include Cladocera, ostracods, and isopods, but isopods only have a developed "cephalic shield" carapace covering the head. Arachnids In arachnids, the carapace is formed by the fusion of prosomal tergites into a single plate which carries the eyes, ocularium, ozopores (a pair of openings of the scent gland of Opilione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uroballus Carlei Male Display
''Uroballus'' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It includes seven accepted species. ''Uroballus'' is similar to the related genus ''Stertinius''.Logunov, D. V. (2018)Description of two new species from the genera ''Stertinius'' Simon, 1890 and ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo ''Arthropoda Selecta'' 27(1): 57-60 Other related genera are '' Ligurra'', ''Phyaces'' and '' Simaetha''. Description ''Uroballus'' are about 3 mm long in both sexes. The cephalothorax is very broad, almost square. The abdomen is oval, the first pair of legs thick and short with swollen femora. The other legs are weak. The spinnerets are very long and thin.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289 Among spiders, only Hersiliidae possess longer spinnerets. The function of such long spinnerets remains unknown.Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, with the longest spinnerets of any kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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