新發(fā)現(xiàn)的蜘蛛看起來像梵高的杰作

新發(fā)現(xiàn)的蜘蛛看起來像梵高的杰作

A new species of spider that resembles Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night” painting has been discovered in Australia.

在澳大利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種新的蜘蛛，類似于文森特·梵高著名的“星夜”畫作。

The spider is one of seven new species of Peacock spider identified by Joseph Schubert of Australia’s Museums Victoria.

這種蜘蛛是澳大利亞維多利亞博物館的約瑟夫·舒伯特發(fā)現(xiàn)的七種孔雀蜘蛛中的一種。

“Last year I travelled the country collecting specimens of these new peacock spiders (some discovered by citizen scientists!) and spent countless hours in the lab studying them,” Schubert tweeted on March 26. “Some welcome news in tough times,” added the entomology and arachnology expert at Melbourne Museum.

“去年我到全國各地收集這些新孔雀蜘蛛的標(biāo)本(有些是公民科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)的!)，在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里花了無數(shù)個(gè)小時(shí)研究它們。”舒伯特在3月26日的推特上說，墨爾本博物館的昆蟲學(xué)和蜘蛛學(xué)專家補(bǔ)充道：“在困難時(shí)期，這是一個(gè)好消息。”。

The spider, which bears a striking resemblance to “Starry Night,” is Maratus constellatus and was discovered in Western Australia, along with four other colorful species — Maratus azureus, Maratus laurenae, Maratus noggerup and Maratus suae. Another species, Maratus volpei, was discovered in South Australia and Maratus inaquosus was identified in Victoria.

這種蜘蛛與《星夜》驚人地相似，它就是Maratus constellatus蜘蛛，在澳大利亞西部被發(fā)現(xiàn)，與其他四種顏色各異的蜘蛛——Maratus azureus, Maratus laurenae, Maratus noggerup和Maratus suae一起被發(fā)現(xiàn)。在南澳大利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一種Maratus volpei，在維多利亞發(fā)現(xiàn)了Maratus inaquosus。

“Starry Night,” which is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was painted by van Gogh at San Remy in southern France in June 1889.

《星夜》是梵高1889年6月在法國南部的圣雷米所作的一幅畫，收藏于紐約現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館。

Schubert, who is only 22, previously described five new species of Peacock spider in 2019, so the latest discoveries take his tally to 12. Incredibly, he grew up afraid of spiders, according to a statement released by Museums Victoria.

舒伯特只有22歲，他曾在2019年描述了五種新的孔雀蜘蛛，所以最新的發(fā)現(xiàn)使他的記錄增加到12種。令人難以置信的是，根據(jù)維多利亞博物館發(fā)布的一份聲明，他從小就害怕蜘蛛。

A paper on the seven new spider species has been published in the journal Zootaxa. The research was funded by Bush Blitz Australia and Museums Victoria.

一篇關(guān)于七種新蜘蛛的論文發(fā)表在《動物分類學(xué)》雜志上。這項(xiàng)研究得到了澳大利亞布什突擊隊(duì)和維多利亞博物館的資助。

“Some of the species in this paper were discovered by citizen scientists who documented the localities and sent images to me– their help is so important for this kind of research,” Schubert added.

舒伯特補(bǔ)充說：“本文中的一些物種是由公民科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)的，他們記錄了這些地點(diǎn)，并向我發(fā)送了圖片——他們的幫助對這類研究非常重要。”。