Spintharus berniesandersi

Spintharus berniesandersi is a species of Spintharus ("smiley-faced spiders") in the family Theridiidae.[1] It is endemic to Cuba.

It was described in 2018 by academics at the University of Vermont.[1] This revision is in contrast to Herbert Walter Levi's taxonomy, which considered it to be intraspecific variation within Spintharus flavidus.[2][3]

The spider is named after United States Senator Bernie Sanders.[4][5]

References
  1. Agnarsson, Ingi; Van Patten, Chloe; Sargeant, Lily; Chomitz, Ben; Dziki, Austin; Binford, Greta J. (2018). "A radiation of the ornate Caribbean 'smiley-faced spiders', with descriptions of 15 new species (Araneae: Theridiidae, Spintharus)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (4): 772. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx056. S2CID 89651018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-11.
  2. Levi, Herbert W. (1954). "The Spider Genera Episinus and Spintharus from North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneæ: Theridiidæ)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 62 (2): 65–90. JSTOR 25005540.
  3. Levi, Herbert W. (1963). "The American Spider Genera Spintharus and Thwaitesia (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (4): 223–234. doi:10.1155/1963/54690.
  4. Guarino, Ben (26 September 2017). "Meet Bernie Sanders's new namesake: A spider from Cuba". Washington Post.
  5. Lewis, Rachel (26 September 2017). "Meet the New Spider Species Named After Bernie Sanders". Time. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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