Three new wafer trapdoor spiders from Brazil

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered three new gorgeous species of the wafer trapdoor genus Fufius. Little is known about the biology of the enigmatic Cyrtaucheniidae family, but among the curiosities is that these spiders live in burrows or silken tubes in crevices, carefully prolongued with silk.

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