New ‘goblin spiders’ from Sri Lanka named after Enid Blyton characters

Mongabay
Jun 22, 2018, 1:26 am126 pts
Meet Chippy, Snooky and Tumpy — all “goblins” or “brownies” from Enid Blyton’s children’s books, and now the names of new species of tiny spiders that scientists have found lurking in Sri Lanka’s forests. These new species belong to a spider family called “goblin spiders” (Oonopidae family),…

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