New tarantula named after Johnny Cash among 14 spider species found in the United States

Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 00:00 in Biology & Nature

The tarantula, named after the famous singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, is only one of fourteen spider species recently discovered in the southwestern United States. This new discovery nearly doubles the number of tarantula species known from the region.

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