| Title |
Discovery of the Largest Orbweaving Spider Species: The Evolution of Gigantism in Nephila
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007516 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matjaž Kuntner, Jonathan A. Coddington |
| Abstract |
More than 41,000 spider species are known with about 400-500 added each year, but for some well-known groups, such as the giant golden orbweavers, Nephila, the last valid described species dates from the 19(th) century. Nephila are renowned for being the largest web-spinning spiders, making the largest orb webs, and are model organisms for the study of extreme sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and sexual biology. Here, we report on the discovery of a new, giant Nephila species from Africa and Madagascar, and review size evolution and SSD in Nephilidae. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Mexico | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Brazil | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Réunion | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 123 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 19% |
| Researcher | 27 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 33 | 23% |
| Unknown | 17 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 104 | 72% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 1% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 18 | 12% |