Bumba lennoni
| Bumba lennoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Bumba |
| Species: | B. lennoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bumba lennoni Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014[1] | |
Bumba lennoni is a species of tarantula found in 2015 in Caxiuanã National Forest. It is about one inch long, small for a tarantula but is closely related to the largest spider in the world.
Origins
This spider lives in northern Brazil, and is named after John Lennon "the legendary creator of The Beatles, who contributed to make this world a gentler place".[2]
Like all tarantulas, the lennon tarantula's ancestors diverged from a common ancestor with the normal, web-spinning spider perhaps 350 million years ago.
Biology
Though very small (about 1 inch), this tarantula shares its genus with relatively large b. horrida, with a five inch legspan, and has many traits that imply it is closely related to Theraphosa blondi the Goliath birdeater spider, largest known extant spider species[3]
References
- ↑ "Taxon details Bumba lennoni Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-06
- ↑ Pérez-Miles, F.; Bonaldo, A.B. & Miglio, L.T. (2014), "Bumba, a replacement name for Maraca Pérez-Miles, 2005 and Bumba lennoni, a new tarantula species from western Amazonia (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)", ZooKeys, 448: 1–8, doi:10.3897/zookeys.448.7920, "The specific name is patronymic in honor of John Winston Lennon (1940–1980), the legendary creator of The Beatles, who contributed to make this world a gentler place."
- ↑ New Tarantula (Not Beetle) Named After John Lennon
Though not particularly large—its body is about 1.3 inches (34 millimeters) wide—the newfound arachnid belongs to the same family as the dinner-plate-size Theraphosa blondi, the world's largest spider.