Leucorchestris arenicola
| Leucorchestris arenicola | |
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| White lady spider in Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Leucorchestris |
| Species: | L. arenicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1962
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Leucorchestris arenicola (commonly called the dancing white lady spider) is a huntsman spider found in the deserts of Namibia. It should not be confused with the similarly named wheel spider from the same locale.[1][2] It relies on seismic vibrations for communication.[1] It taps its foremost legs on the sand to send messages to other white lady spiders.[1] Male white lady spiders will travel more than a mile in one night searching for a mate.[1] If they do find a mate, they must be extremely careful, for drumming the wrong message can be deadly.[1] The species was first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1962, who described all the species in the genus Leucorchestris.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Henschel, Joh R. (2002). "Long-Distance Wandering and Mating by the Dancing White Lady Spider (Leucorchestris Arenicola) (Araneae, Sparassidae) Across Namib Dunes". Journal of Arachnology. 30 (2): 321–30. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0321:LDWAMB]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Platnick, Norman I. (June 24, 2014). "Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 15. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Nørgaard, Thomas; Henschel, Joh R.; Wehner, Rüdiger (2007). "Use of local cues in the night-time navigation of the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae)" (PDF). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 193 (2): 217–22. doi:10.1007/s00359-006-0178-6. PMID 17235606.
- Norgaard, T.; Nilsson, D.-E.; Henschel, J. R.; Garm, A.; Wehner, R. (2008). "Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 211 (5): 816–23. doi:10.1242/jeb.010546. PMID 18281345.
- Hallan, Joel 2006: Synopsis of the Described Araneae of the World. Texas A&M University Department of Entomology.