Three new peacock spiders have been revealed by an Australian taxonomist, but he swears they are "harmless" and “charismatic".

澳大利亚的分类学家发现了三种新的孔雀蜘蛛，并表示它们是“无害”而且“有魅力的”。

taxonomist：分类学家

The species from Western Australia were revealed by Joseph Schubert, who posted an image on Twitter this week announcing the spiders had been officially named.

这些蜘蛛来自西澳大利亚，这周Joseph Schubert把它们的照片发布在了Twitter上，宣布这些蜘蛛已经正式命名。

announcing：宣布

"Meet Australia's three newest species," Schubert wrote. "As of today they are officially named: Maratus aquilus, Maratus felinus, and Maratus combustus.”

Schubert写到：“来看看这些澳大利亚的新物种吧。截止到今天，它们有了官方名称：Maratus aquilus, Maratus felinus以及Maratus combustus。”

are officially named：被官方命名

Schubert, who discovered the spiders while working with Project Maratus, said the spiders were distinctive with brightly coloured markings.

Schubert在参与Maratus项目时发现了这些蜘蛛，他说这些蜘蛛的颜色非常靓丽，尤为与众不同。

distinctive：与众不同

Schubert said these spiders were about the size of a grain of rice.So if you don't like spiders, these could be considered cute.

Schubert表示这些蜘蛛的大小和米粒一样。如果你不喜欢蜘蛛，也会觉得这些蜘蛛是可爱的。

considered ：认为

According to Schubert's research, the male spiders are brightly coloured, while the females are "drably coloured" and difficult to identify.The spiders are of interest for their elaborate courtship behaviour, which includes the males doing a dance to impress the females.

根据Schubert的研究，雄性蜘蛛的颜色更亮，雌性蜘蛛的颜色较暗并且难以识别。这些蜘蛛因其精心设计过的求爱行为而备受关注，其中包括雄性蜘蛛通过舞蹈吸引雌性蜘蛛。

elaborate：精心设计的

courtship：求爱

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