Funny valentine is a species of macrobunid spider in the monotypic genus Funny.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Macrobunidae |
| Genus: | Funny Lin & Li, 2022 |
| Species: | F. valentine
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| Funny valentine Lin & Li, 2022
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Etymology
editThe specific name was described as "an arbitrary combination of letters" by its authors.[2] However, it was later described as a reference to the character of the same name from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.[3]
Description
editFunny valentine measures around 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in body length. It possesses six eyes, with the anterior eye row being recurved. The oval-shaped cephalothorax and legs are pale yellow, while the abdomen is white. The body is sparsely covered in dark setae.[1]
Taxonomy
editThe genus Funny was originally described as part of the family Dictynidae.[1] A 2023 study later moved it to the family Macrobunidae, which was elevated from its former rank of subfamily, as part of a phylogenetic reevaluation of "marronoid" spider taxonomy.[4]
Distribution
editFunny valentine is only known from its type locality of Kangding in Sichuan, China. The holotype and paratypes were found under moss.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Lin et al. 2022, p. 208.
- ^ a b Lin et al. 2022, p. 210.
- ^ Dinsdale, Ryan (1 July 2024). "Scientists Name Newly Discovered Eyeless Spider After Blind Flying Wyvern From Monster Hunter". IGN. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ Gorneau et al. 2023, p. 10.
Works cited
edit- Lin, Yejie; Zhao, Huifeng; Koh, Joseph K H; Li, Shuqiang (24 July 2022). "Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia". Zoological Systematics. 47 (3): 198–270. doi:10.11865/zs.2022303.
- Gorneau, Jacob A; Crews, Sarah C; Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn; Montana, Katherine O; Spagna, Joseph C; Ballarin, Francesco; Almeida-Silva, Lina M; Esposito, Lauren A (1 September 2023). Bond, Jason (ed.). "Webs of intrigue: museum genomics elucidate relationships of the marronoid spider clade (Araneae)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7 (5). doi:10.1093/isd/ixad021. ISSN 2399-3421.