New 'jellybean' spider species found on Queensland's Darling Downs

read moreScientists from the Queensland Museum have discovered two new species of goblin spiders on the state's Darling Downs.

Dr Barbara Baehr says her team discovered the Opopaea broadwater, also known as the jellybean goblin spider in Dalby.
They also discovered the Leichhardteus badius, or reddish brown swift spider, while exploring a rainforest in the Bunya Mountains last year.
The museum says the genus name Leichhardteus was chosen to honour German explorer and scientist Ludwig Leichhardt, who came to Australia in 1842 to study wildlife