{"id":313834,"date":"2024-11-27T19:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=313834"},"modified":"2024-11-27T19:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:23:36","slug":"scientists-discover-new-species-of-tarantula-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/scientists-discover-new-species-of-tarantula-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover new species of tarantula in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of researchers discovered a species of large, hairy-looking tarantula (of the genus <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trichopelma grande<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/valle-de-vinales\/\"><b>Vi\u00f1ales<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> National Park, in the westernmost part of Cuba, according to a study published in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Natural History<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research, carried out by David Ortiz, from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, and Elier Fonseca, from the Zoological Society of Cuba, showed that the body of the new species of hairy spider measures about 2.54 centimeters wide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first specimen of this spider was found in 2008, but it was not until almost ten years later that researchers confirmed that it was a new species, according to the study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the scientific article, they found four specimens of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trichopelma<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within a short distance of each other in the Vi\u00f1ales National Park, a protected area located in the province of Pinar del R\u00edo.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CienciaDL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CienciaDL<\/a> | Los cient\u00edficos concluyeron que al parecer la nueva especie no aparece en las colecciones de historia natural de Cuba<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/te1tUxYEnv\">https:\/\/t.co\/te1tUxYEnv<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiarioLibre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DiarioLibre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cient%C3%ADficos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cient\u00edficos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tar%C3%A1ntula?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tar\u00e1ntula<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/62pH7uzAAY\">pic.twitter.com\/62pH7uzAAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diario Libre (@DiarioLibre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiarioLibre\/status\/1861198425145880980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scientists concluded that the new species apparently does not appear in Cuba\u2019s natural history collections, despite its \u201cstriking\u201d appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authors suggested that \u201cthe new species is not arboreal\u201d because they collected the spiders in burrows in the ground and not in trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the article, it is likely to have a \u201cgeneralist feeding behavior and a mild sting, less potent than that of a bee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another result of the research is that the distribution of the new spiders is \u201crestricted,\u201d which is why they are a \u201cconservation priority.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The specimens were found in the Vi\u00f1ales National Park. 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