The ranger who caught spiders with his bare hands was called Meng Tingwei, and he was busy collecting spider specimens. Since October 2017, the spider research team of the School of Life Sciences of Hunan Normal University has visited Guangxi Daming Mountain National Nature Reserve many times to conduct scientific inspections of spider species. Meng Tingwei participated in assisting the research team at that time.
Meng Tingwei, a ranger at the Xiyan Forest Fire Protection Station of the Daming Mountain National Nature Reserve Administration in Guangxi, said: "The research team came to our Xiyan Station and asked me to assist them as their guide into the Daming Mountains. They went to collect spiders in the Olive Grand Canyon of Mt. The spiders were soaked in alcohol and made into specimens, and mailed to Jiangxi Jinggangshan University for their research."
From a leaf to a dead leaf bush on the ground, there may be traces of spider activity. Therefore, during daily patrols, Meng Tingwei and his colleagues pay special attention to spiders with special shapes. , and collected them in time. Within a few years, a total of more than 100 spider specimens were mailed to the research team.
In May of this year (2023), the research team published its research results discovered in Daming Mountain - five new species of the family Spinypodidae, including the two-winged giant spider, the Damingshan Ota spider, and the dolphin spider. The naming of Otta spiders, long-tubed Ota spiders and Tinwe Ota spiders was published in famous foreign animal taxonomy journals. It is worth mentioning that among them, Tingwe Ota spiders were named after Meng Tingwei by the research team. Come.
In recent years, Guangxi Daming Mountain National National nature reserves continue to strengthen biodiversity protection. Many endangered and rare animals such as black langurs, leopard cats, Baimei Mountain partridges, forest musk deer, and Chinese serows frequently appear in Daming Mountain. Rare and endemic plants such as Gastrodia elata have also been A total of 35 species of wild animals under national key protection were monitored in the reserve. These achievements are due to the continuous strengthening of the ecological environment in the protected areaProtect and accelerate the construction of information technology, as well as the monitoring and patrolling of scientific researchers and all forest rangers.