Spider species 'Hotwheels Sisyphus' named for unusual genitalia

Jennifer Sandlin

Sep 26, 2024

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"Hotwheels Sisyphus" spider. image from Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotwheels_sisyphus_%2810.3897-zookeys.1189.115996%29_Figure_1_AB.png

Behold the Hotwheels Sisyphus, the only species of Chinese ground spider in the genus Hotwheels. Researchers Bo Liu and Feng Zhang from Hebei University recently described the spider in an

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