Four newly described species of tarantula have been given their own genus, thanks to the record-breaking length of their genitalia. Appropriately, they have been named after Satyrs, the Greek mythological part-man and part-animal figures known for their large male genitalia. “The males of these spiders have the longest palps among all known tarantulas,” says Dr. Alireza Zamani, a researcher at …
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