{"podcast":{"title":"New Species","slug":"new-species-3517520","podcast_index_feed_id":3517520,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a86c1f0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://newspeciespodcast.net","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/9719100/9719100-1610727875130-8fb32f66eadd8.jpg","author":"New Species Podcast","episode_count":121,"summary":"Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day. This podcast talks to the authors of these new species to get the behind-the-scenes stories of how new species are found and named, as well as why these discoveries should matter to everyone, not just scientists. Join us on our journey to better understand the wonderful biodiversity of our planet! Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), and support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:21.275280+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520"},"episode":{"title":"Two New Trapdoor Spiders with Donard Geci","slug":"two-new-trapdoor-spiders-with-donard-geci","published_at":"2026-03-31T14:53:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520/two-new-trapdoor-spiders-with-donard-geci","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newspeciespodcast/episodes/Two-New-Trapdoor-Spiders-with-Donard-Geci-e3h7u1k","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a86c1f0/podcast/play/117749236/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-31%2Fde9414c7-2425-04e9-feb2-d167aee26507.mp3","summary":"Donard Geci fell into studying spiders by accident, but now he can’t imagine his life without them. He’s one of the only arachnologists in the Balkans, a hotspot for spiders as well as plenty of other flora and fauna. It’s difficult, he says, “but you have many things to do here because many groups are unexplored.” Trapdoor spiders are masterful architects, and there is so much work to do in order to better understand their relationships to one another. Fortunately, Donard isn’t deterred at all and wants to encourage even more scientists to study the amazing quantity of life found in the Balkans. Donard Geci’s paper “Trapdoor spiders of the family Nemesiidae Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from Kosovo” is in volume 20, issue 2 of Arachnology . It can be found here: www.doi.org/10.13156/arac.2025.20.2.281 A transcript of this episode can be found here: Donard Geci - Transcript New Species: Brachythele kosovarica, Nemesia dukagjinica Episode image credit: Donard Geci A New Trapdoor Spider with Christian Pertegal: available in english and in spanish An episode with Alireza Zamani: https://www.newspeciespodcast.net/all-episodes/e28-a-new-species-named-because-of-this-podcast-and-another-after-the-father-of-modern-medicine First DNA Barcoding of Dysderidae : https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.2 New Eratigena from the Balkans based on an integrative approach: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.6 Find Donard on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donardgecii And on X: https://x.com/donard_geci Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink…","meta_description":"Donard Geci fell into studying spiders by accident, but now he can’t imagine his life without them. He’s one of the only arachnologists in the Balkans, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1905,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-species-3517520/episodes/two-new-trapdoor-spiders-with-donard-geci/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520/two-new-trapdoor-spiders-with-donard-geci.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}