新发现的蜘蛛看起来像梵高的杰作

新发现的蜘蛛看起来像梵高的杰作

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

在澳大利亚发现了一种新的蜘蛛，类似于文森特·梵高著名的“星夜”画作。

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

这种蜘蛛是澳大利亚维多利亚博物馆的约瑟夫·舒伯特发现的七种孔雀蜘蛛中的一种。

“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.

“去年我到全国各地收集这些新孔雀蜘蛛的标本(有些是公民科学家发现的!)，在实验室里花了无数个小时研究它们。”舒伯特在3月26日的推特上说，墨尔本博物馆的昆虫学和蜘蛛学专家补充道：“在困难时期，这是一个好消息。”。

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.

这种蜘蛛与《星夜》惊人地相似，它就是Maratus constellatus蜘蛛，在澳大利亚西部被发现，与其他四种颜色各异的蜘蛛——Maratus azureus, Maratus laurenae, Maratus noggerup和Maratus suae一起被发现。在南澳大利亚发现了另一种Maratus volpei，在维多利亚发现了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月在法国南部的圣雷米所作的一幅画，收藏于纽约现代艺术博物馆。

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岁，他曾在2019年描述了五种新的孔雀蜘蛛，所以最新的发现使他的记录增加到12种。令人难以置信的是，根据维多利亚博物馆发布的一份声明，他从小就害怕蜘蛛。

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.

一篇关于七种新蜘蛛的论文发表在《动物分类学》杂志上。这项研究得到了澳大利亚布什突击队和维多利亚博物馆的资助。

“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.

舒伯特补充说：“本文中的一些物种是由公民科学家发现的，他们记录了这些地点，并向我发送了图片——他们的帮助对这类研究非常重要。”。