days ago, the first species named after "Pingshan" was born.
This "little cute" with a body length of only 1.5 to 3 mm is called " Pingshan Gonglong Spider ". It was discovered by Shenzhen arachnidology researcher Lu Qianle. It is a species endemic to Shenzhen and has been published by "Zoological Systemics". This is the first of the 50,504 species of spiders reported in the world and the only species named after "Pingshan".
p Pingshan arch back spider
As a nature lover, Lu Qianle began observing nature since college and became a natural science popularization practitioner after work. "Among nature lovers in Shenzhen, there are many people who observe birds, plants and amphibious reptiles, but almost no one is studying spiders." Therefore, he chose this "narrow gate" - focusing on recording spiders in Shenzhen.
Over the years, through continuous observation and recording, Lu Qianle has discovered the first spider named after "Shenzhen". As of now, on the "World Spider Catalog" website, there are three spiders named after "Shenzhen", namely Shenzhen's Near-Traffic Spider, Shenzhen Pouch Spider and Shenzhen Singapore Spider, and the first spider named after Shenzhen people - Nanshi Korat Spider, which is named after nature and history researcher Nan Zhaoxu. At present, among these four species of spiders, only Shenzhen near-tube spiders have been recorded outside Shenzhen, and the rest are endemic species in Shenzhen.
photos of Ran's coat spider recorded during the investigation in Pingtouling. The new species of Pingshan arched spider is hidden between the spider webs shown in the picture. The sack means "dashed", which vividly describes the state of the spider web.
Speaking of the discovery of Pingshan arch back spider, it depends on a field investigation in 2020. Lu Qianle observed the second half of the "Three Water Line" (Sanban Bi to Shuizukeng Hiking Route), which is known as the graduation route of Shenzhen hikers. When he walked to Pingtouling, Pingshan District, he suddenly saw a "breaking" spider web. He knew at once that this was a kind of spider web of Ran's coat spider that is common in the mountains and fields of Shenzhen.
"There are often other spiders on this kind of spider web." He carefully observed and found a dark spider about 2 mm smaller than mung beans. After getting closer to observe, he thought that this was an unrecorded variety, so he carefully brought back the specimen.
After communicating with Lin Yejie, a spider classification worker at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, it was finally confirmed that this was a new species. "Lin Yejie is a younger generation of spider classification researchers in China. By this year, he has published 100 new species, so I often communicate with him and will save specimens every once in a while and send them to him." Lu Qianle said that with the support of domestic spider classification researchers, he himself began to organize the Shenzhen spider list, and more than 340 have been recorded.
Hot Female Pingshan archback spider appears heart-shaped after a full meal. Wang Yiduo. Although Pingshan archback spider is not only distributed in Pingshan area, but is distributed almost in the mountains and fields of Shenzhen, naming after pattern is a classic naming habit, so he named this species after "Pingshan". "There is another interesting thing about this spider, that is, the female Pingshan archback spider will appear heart-shaped after eating it." Lu Qianle said that he is very destined to be with Pingshan. In recent years, his cultural communication agency has held the only natural book award in China - the Pingshan Natural Museum Book Award in Pingshan District. He himself also participated in the investigation of the biodiversity of Pingshan.
Lu Qianle conducted a survey on the banks of Pingshan River
is located in Pingshan District in northeastern Shenzhen. It has excellent natural ecology. It is a "nature museum" without a walled dome, permanently open and full of vitality. It is a Shenzhen self-government museum, one of Shenzhen's top ten cultural facilities.
In recent years, Pingshan has continued to promote the "Everything Natural Museum" project, mobilizing the whole district's strength to support the future of nature education, and combining the whole region's slow-moving system to create a natural education system suitable for all ages to promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Until now, there are only a handful of people in Shenzhen who are studying spiders like Lu Qianle. "There are many nature lovers in Shenzhen who know that I specialize in recording spiders. They will contact me directly or indirectly and send me the spider pictures and records they took. There are many spider species that I have never recorded in Shenzhen myself." Lu Qianle showed reporters his spider recording table. The long table is divided into two categories, one is the determined species, and the other is the unidentified species, including some new species, and new records of Shenzhen spiders discovered by others.
Lu Qianle has established several spider enthusiast communication groups, which are online every day, responding to enthusiasts' questions in the group, or recording new pictures and information. "It takes a long process to discover and record new species to determine. Shenzhen has a superior ecological background, so there are many types of spiders. I alone will definitely not be able to record them." He hopes that more and more enthusiasts can join this team, form a team, and jointly conduct Shenzhen spider resource surveys.
Content source: Duchuang
