Sinopoda scurion

{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox |genus=Sinopoda |species=scurion |authority=Jäger, 2012 }}

'''''Sinopoda scurion''''' is a species of [[huntsman spider]] discovered in 2012 in a [[Laos|Laotian]] cave. It has a leg span of about {{convert|6|cm}} and a body span of about {{convert|12|mm}}. It is the first recorded huntsman spider to lack eyes.{{r|jager2012}} Due to its dark cave habitat, it has no requirement of vision for hunting.{{r|firstpost}}

==Discovery and naming== ''Sinopoda scurion'' was found in a cave in Laos, around 100 km away from the Xe Bang Fai cave.{{r|firstpost}}

The eyeless huntsman spider was named after the Swiss company Scurion that makes headlamps for cavers.{{r|firstpost}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=firstpost>[http://www.firstpost.com/living/in-a-first-spider-without-eyes-discovered-in-laos-cave-415905.html Firstpost.com]</ref> <ref name=jager2012>{{cite journal |last1=Jäger |first1=Peter |title=Revision of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 in Laos with discovery of the first eyeless huntsman spider species (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=9 August 2012 |volume=3415 |issue=1 |pages=37–57 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3415.1.3 |url=https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3415.1.3 |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=en |issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free }}</ref> }}

[[Category:Cave spiders]] [[Category:Spiders of Laos]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Laos]] [[Category:Spiders described in 2012]]