The chopped emergency is characterized by the longest registration of sexual lengths to avoid eating by females

Researchers have just identified four new types of tip that are very long genitals and had to provide a new biological classification for them.

Spare Satyrex Feroxand S. Arabicusand Q. SomaliAnd S. Speciosus. They descend from the Arabian Peninsula and the African Horn and are completely different from their closest relatives – on both the morphological and molecular level – that the team created a new race for them, Satyrex.

“The name of the sex is a mixture of Satyr, partial, partial, part of the Greek myths known for its exceptionally large members, and Latin Rēx, meaning the king,” the researchers wrote in a Ticket It was published last month in Zokeys.

Such as spelling, males of the four new species, as well as the fifth Satyrex Types, have the tallest Palps known from all the tunes. Palps are parties used by male spiders, among other things, moving sperm during mating. Technically, Palps is not a rod but a secondary sexual organs. Satyrex FeroxWhich is about 5.5 inches in length (14 cm), extends to 2 inches (5 cm). For comparison, this is nearly the longest legs.

Since male spiders, unlike male humans, may not wander in comparing their lower areas with each other, what is the goal of decorating this long garbage?

to S. Ferox Specifically, “We have initially suggested that the long students allow males to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid attacks and devouring by a very aggressive female,” said Alirisa Zamani, author of the study, a drum specialist from the University of Turku, said Blog post (Pensoft Zookeys was published). Yes, I have read this right.

Zamani added: “This type is very defensive. On the slightest disturbance, it raises his front legs in a threat position and produces a whispering sound loud by rubbing specialized hair on the basal parts of the front legs against each other.” In fact, Ferox means “fierce”.

In other words, Zamani and his colleagues suggest S. Ferox It may have evolved to have such long genitals because it allows them to have sex without eating their partner. Talk about the bite of love.

Compared, the names of other types are more boring. The name of the researchers S. Speciosus For their beautiful colors and S. Arabicus and Q. Somali For their areas of origin. According to the study, the new sex also includes the fifth Satyrex– The known species previously classified in sex monocentropusAnd he is now called S. Longimanus.

“The longer student of S. Longimanus The four newly described species were among the basic characters that led us to create a new sex for these spiders, instead of putting them in monocentropus“Zamani is saved.” So yes, at least in the TARANTULA classification, it seems really important. “