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Eight-legged creatures and where to find them – Two new tarantula species from Southeast-Asia described
Ein Bergbach windet sich durch einen Regenwald. Im Vordergrund ist ein tropischer Baum.
The rainforests of Southeast Asia are home to a huge diversity of life, but suffer greatly from deforestation. It is therefore particularly important to record the unknown biodiversity of the region before this is no longer possible. Entomologist Simon Müller from the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart has now described two previously unknown tarantula species from the region.
