Overview
- The peer-reviewed description, published Tuesday in Zoosystematics and Evolution, names Pikelinia floydmuraria from Colombia as only the second Pikelinia recorded in the country.
- The spider measures about 3 to 4 millimeters long and builds crevice webs on walls in cities.
- Dietary records show it targets ants, flies, mosquitoes and beetles that gather at artificial lights.
- Field work documented individuals capturing ants up to six times the size of their prosoma.
- The paper also details the female genitalia of the Galapagos species Pikelinia fasciata for the first time, prompting DNA studies to test a possible Colombia–Galapagos link.