New Mysterious Tarantula-Like Spider Identified

 An Elusive Spider related to the Tarantula just joined the ranks of Recognized Spiders.

The Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider lives in the Florida Everglades and it's A Rare Breed. 

It has only been spotted a handful of times since the 1920s and only recently did the clever Arachnid get its name for the habitat it lives in, according to Rebecca Godwin, an assistant professor of biology at Piedmont University.

These Spiders likely only live in the Pine Rockland Habitat of Southern Florida, which is "Highly Threatened," Godwin told CNN. Their Homeland of Pines growing on Limestone Outcrops has slowly been destroyed by Mankind.

"Development, Urbanization, Land Clearing, anything that Destroys the Topsoil could potentially wipe out Whole Populations and especially for a Spider that occurs in A Small Range of really threatened habitat, you kind of risk losing the Species all together," Godwin said.

The Spider is One of 33 New Species from the Americas to be added to the genus Ummidia, which are Trapdoor Spiders. Godwin and Jason E. Bond, an entomology professor from University of California, Davis, co-authored the study, published in April in the journal ZooKeys.

"The fact that A New Species like this could be found in a Fragment of Endangered Forest in the middle of the city underscores the importance of preserving these ecosystems before we lose not only what we know, but also what is still to be discovered," Frank Ridgley, Zoo Miami Conservation & Veterinary Services Manager, said in a news release.