Two new species of cobweb spiders are described from Sumatra, Indonesia. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #arachnids #biodiversity #taxonomy @kalakemangga.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

Nyctimus rendang Dhiya’ulhaq & Benjamin, sp. nov. "The epithet refers to a meat dish associated with the cuisine of the Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. The meat is slow-cooked in a plethora of spices, giving it a dark colouration." another top tier name from @kalakemangga.bsky.social lmao

A collection of crab spiders from Indonesia's Jambi Province revealed five new species and one new genus. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... @uni-goettingen.de @kalakemangga.bsky.social ‪‬ #arachnids #biodiversity #taxonomy

Behold! Eleven new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sumatra by @kalakemangga.bsky.social

Biologists Unveil New Taxonomic System Classifying Species By Hotness theonion.com/biologi...

Has anyone seen and identified these large (~10mm) male araneids before? Longitudinal fovea, shoulder horns and stout tibia II with a distal pair of spines. Not many araneids have large males so that narrows down quite a bit. Specimens found in Singapore.

Literally comb-footed spider

Ending 2024 with hadrotarsines. Cute little fuckers

Just identified this observation as Serendib, a rather rare ant-mimicking corinnid spider. This particular one seem to be mimicking D. gigas, but with its abdomen as the head www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

Any spider people out there recognize this palp? Theridiid (presumably) from corners of walls etc. Inside houses, Colombo, Sri Lanka. A small sketch in a stack of old drawings, 1980s. Must surely be a well known & widely distributed synanthropic spider. Sorry, no habitus sketch or other info.

Absolute unit of a wolf spider. Large lycosids seem to be not as common in Southeast Asia as they are elsewhere. Perhaps in competition with ctenids?

Undescribed Katya from Bali. The genus is (so far) endemic to Indonesia, found on the mountains of Java to Lesser Sundas www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Aint no one gonna tell me Dolomedes will be split from Pisauridae? This is huge

"The genus Titanidiops in South-east Asia" by Schwendinger, Huber & Hongpadharakiree (2024)" The family Idiopidae is now formally recorded in Indonesia with Titanidiops insularis (but might in fact be a separate, cryptic species from the Thai holotype) bioone.org/journals/rev...

Illustration from Brehms' Tierleben Bd.2 (1911) showcasing some spiders from Java. There are 4 well-known species here: Nephila pilipes, Macracantha arcuata, Platythomisus octomaculatus, and Argiope catenulata (missidentified as Nephila antipodiana)

I feel I’ve waited all my life for iNaturalist. www.inaturalist.org

Some beautiful Torajan Tongkonan from Rantepao, South Sulawesi

Interlocking chelicerae of a mating Tetragnatha hasselti pair

My first time being part of a published article! Everything about Dolomedes in one place. I wrote the section on parental care. 🕷️ I am very grateful to all of the collaborators on this paper especially Dr. Chrissie Painting and my advisor Eileen. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ara...

iNat spider identifier rite of passage (that I've just declared): Went through all of the observations currently saying "Arachnida" to see if I can contribute anything - and could a number of times. Identified an observation as a short-tailed whipscorpion yesterday that no one had made sense of yet.

Indosmodicinus bengalensis from Jambi, Sumatera. Crazy looking carapace

Labanesia: Database of Indonesian Spiders Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaq @kalakemangga.bsky.social www.labanesia.org/home