Really bad newsworthiness , arachnophobes : Scientists have recently let on over 50 new species of wanderer in Queensland , Australia , in just two workweek .
The new species were light upon during a two - week expedition by 23 research worker from the Queensland Museum , Macquarie University , andBush Blitzto Quinkan Country in Queensland ’s Cape York Peninsula . Although presently more notable for its primaeval rock art , the researchers say this northeast hint of Australia could become known as “ the spider chapiter of Australia . ”
Among the finds are a unexampled species of scuba diving event European wolf spider , a trapdoor spider , a jumping wanderer , a fuzzy - legged swift spider , and a sneaky ant - eating spider that mimic ant to hunt them without being detected .
The researchers articulate the discoveries were only made potential by bring closely with the indigenous rangers of Quinkan Country , who say this is the first time the biodiversity of West Quinkan had been scientifically surveyed .
New species of Brush - footed Trap - door wanderer – Mygalomorphae Barychelidae Idiomata sp . © R. Whyte
Bush Blitz is an Australian government - funded ecological research soundbox that is no stranger to discovering unexampled species . Since the program start in 2010 , they havefound 1,139 new fauna mintage , including a Pisces , 17 slug and snail , three Scorpion , and 92 bees . A old dispatch in 2015 near the Olkola aboriginal land discovered 13 Modern spider species .
“ We ’ve undertaken 34 Expeditions , but it ’s likely this expedition will yield the sterling turn of raw coinage find so far , ” Jo Harding , managing director at Bush Blitz , say in a statement . “ With over 1,200 new species discovered by Bush Blitz already , we are slow satiate interruption in our knowledge of Australia ’s biodiversity . ”
A new species of “ fleet spider ” – Gnaphosidae Ceryerda . © R. Whyte
young species of ant - eating wanderer – Zodariidae Habronestes . © R. Whyte
