The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track. The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.
In reality the scientist was writing his science document on this spider in his home office and had to go to the toilet. During said visit his 7 year old kid came in and edited the name in the document.
The scientist didn’t notice this change before submitting his sciency text and then never admited not roofreading his documents.
The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track.[2] The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.[2]
For anyone else wondering if it’s real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotwheels_sisyphus
And everyone pretended to believe that those were the real reasons?!
In reality the scientist was writing his science document on this spider in his home office and had to go to the toilet. During said visit his 7 year old kid came in and edited the name in the document. The scientist didn’t notice this change before submitting his sciency text and then never admited not roofreading his documents.
Sounds plausible.