African taxonomy paper out - name changes galore!

Gallon, R. C. 2010. On some Southern African Harpactirinae, with notes on the eumenophorines Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 and Monocentropella Strand, 1907 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc., 15 (2): 29-48.

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Katipo (black widow of New Zealand) bites Canadian in a sensitive place inside his trousers. Ref: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10644813

Fire destroys more than 500 000 samples of Butantan Institute.
The biggest collection of snakes in the world on tropics, as well as spiders and scorpions were lost.

May 15, 11:30 AM

SÃO PAULO - A fire occurred this saturday morning, 15, at the reptile laboratory of Instituto Butantan, in the west zone of São Paulo, destroying thousands of specimens of snakes and arachnids, including animals species not yet described by scientists. No animal were alive before the fire.

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"A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosi-
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Heterometrus Nepalensis

Among the new finds are three species of scorpion, one of which was described from the Chitwan National Park in Nepal in 2004. This discovery was particularly significant as it was the first species of scorpion ever to be discovered in the country. The 8cm long, reddish-black species has a smooth carapace, and a reddish-brown tail tip or telson that contains the venom. (WWF)

Source: Frantisek Kovarik/WWF Nepal
Ref.: www.foxnews.com/slideshow/Scitech/2009/08/11/new-species-discovered-hima...

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