New Tarantula Genus Satyrex Unveiled with Record-Long Male Palps
Researchers identify four tarantula species from the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa that form a new genus, Satyrex, notable for males with the longest palps among tarantulas; the genus also includes the older Satyrex longimanus and the species S. arabicus, S. somalicus, S. speciosus, and S. ferox, all of which share a fossorial lifestyle and were classified using both morphology and molecular data.
