New spider family found in US caves

[Judi Lynn]

New spider family found in US caves
August 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A team of amateur cave explorers and arachnologists has found a new family of spiders in caves and old-growth redwood forests in Oregon and California, US researchers said. Entomologists at the California Academy of Sciences said the spider, named Trogloaptor - or “cave robber” - for its lethal front claws, had such unique evolutionary features that it represented not just a new genus or species, but also a new family of spiders. The study, published in the journal ZooKeys, noted that finding a new, previously unknown family was rare, even for species-rich insects and arachnids. Trogloraptor hangs beneath rudimentary webs spun below cave ceilings.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/19-Aug-2012/new-spider-family-found-in-us-caves

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[Jessy169]

1. What do Trogloaptor and Mitt Romney have in common?

When the light shines one them, they run for cover.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. They lost their old place to foreclosure ...

More families may be joining them.

[Glassunion]

3. I thought the Parkers lived in the Forrest Hills neighborhood of Queens?