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Cyclocosmia ricketti (Chinese: 里氏盤腹蛛; pinyin: Lǐ shì pán fù zhū), commonly known as the Chinese hourglass spider (which generally refers to its genus), is a species of trapdoor spider of the genus Cyclocosmia, which refers specifically to mygalomorphus animals.
Depictions of mythological creatures clearly ancestral to the modern set of four creatures have been found throughout China. Currently, the oldest known depiction was found in 1987 in a tomb in Xishuipo in Puyang, Henan, which has been dated to approximately 5300 BC. In the tomb, labeled M45, immediately adjacent to the remains of the main ...
The spider, along with its web, is featured in mythological fables, cosmology, artistic spiritual depictions, and in oral traditions throughout the world since ancient times. The spider was syncretically associated with the goddess Neith of Ancient Egypt in her aspect as spinner and weaver of destiny, this link continuing later through the ...
Cyclocosmia is a genus of mygalomorph trapdoor spiders in the family Halonoproctidae, first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. [4] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, when the family split in 2018, this genus was placed with the Halonoproctidae as the type genus. [5]
Depictions of spiders (order Araneae) in popular culture, air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.
Spider Demons [47]: Seven sisters whose true form is that of a spider, and who are able to shoot webs from their navels. They assist the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord in Journey to the West . Lady White Bones (colloquially "Baigujing") : [ 48 ] a shapeshifting demoness whose true form is a white skeleton, and who desires to eat the flesh of a holy ...
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Cyriopagopus hainanus is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in China. [1] It is one of a number of species from China and Vietnam known as "Chinese bird spider". [citation needed] It produces a venom containing numerous compounds capable of blocking neurotransmitters, including neurotoxic peptides called ...