Spesies laba-laba baru meniru jamur parasit di Ekuador

Para peneliti telah mengidentifikasi spesies laba-laba baru di Amazon Ekuador yang sangat menyerupai jamur parasit. Penemuan ini menyoroti bentuk mimikri yang tidak biasa yang sebelumnya belum pernah didokumentasikan pada laba-laba.

Sebuah tim internasional menemukan laba-laba tersebut, yang dinamai Taczanowskia waska, di Koridor Llanganates-Sangay. Para peneliti lapangan awalnya mengira hewan tersebut sebagai jamur saat melakukan survei malam hari.

Spesies ini meniru tubuh buah jamur dari genus Gibellula, yang menginfeksi laba-laba. Laba-laba ini memiliki struktur perut yang memanjang dan warna pucat sembari tetap diam di bagian bawah daun, tempat di mana jamur tersebut biasanya muncul.

Temuan ini berawal dari pengamatan yang diunggah di platform sains warga iNaturalist. Para ilmuwan kemudian mengonfirmasinya sebagai kasus pertama yang diketahui di mana laba-laba meniru jamur araneopatogenik.

Nadine Dupérré dari Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change memeriksa spesimen dan berkontribusi dalam mengklasifikasikan spesies tersebut. Hasilnya telah diterbitkan dalam jurnal Zootaxa.

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