The researchers speculate that male members of Satyrex may have evolved their huge palps to avoid getting attacked and eaten ...

Based on both morphological and molecular data, they are so distinct from their closest relatives that we had to establish an entirely new genus to classify them, and we named it Satyrex,” said Dr.

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“The genus name is a combination of Satyr, a part-man, part-beast entity from Greek mythology known for his exceptionally ...

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Satyrex is a fusion of “Satyr,” a figure from Greek mythology and the Latin “rex,” meaning king. Satyrs were ...