Hololena curta
| Hololena curta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Hololena |
| Species: | H. curta
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| Binomial name | |
| Hololena curta (McCook, 1894)[1]
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Hololena curta, commonly known as corner funnel weaver or funnel web spider, is a species of venomous spiders belonging to a family of Agelenidae.
It is native to Canada and the United States.[1]
This species and related species produce a venom that contains a group of insecticidal acylpolyamines, insecticidal peptide,[2] and a group of neurotoxins.[3]
Males have adapted to avoid sexual cannibalism by mating with virgin females, as both females and males can mate multiple times, but females become aggressive after having mated.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Taxon details Hololena curta (McCook, 1894)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-07-15
- ^ Quistad GB, Reuter CC, Skinner WS, Dennis PA, Suwanrumpha S, Fu EW (1991). "Paralytic and insecticidal toxins from the funnel web spider, Hololena curta". Toxicon. 29 (3): 329–336. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(91)90286-z. PMID 2048147.
- ^ Stapleton A, Blankenship DT, Ackermann BL, Chen TM, Gorder GW, Manley GD, Palfreyman MG, Coutant JE, Cardin AD (1990). "Curtatoxins. Neurotoxic insecticidal polypeptides isolated from the funnel-web spider Hololena curta". J Biol Chem. 265 (4): 2054–2059. PMID 2298738.
- ^ Xiao, Yong-Hong; Zunic-Kosi, Alenka; Zhang, Long-Wa; Prentice, Thomas R.; McElfresh, J. Steven; Chinta, Satya P.; Zou, Yun-Fan; Millar, Jocelyn G. (December 2015). "Male adaptations to minimize sexual cannibalism during reproduction in the funnel-web spider Hololena curta: Male spiders avoiding sexual cannibalism". Insect Science. 22 (6): 840–852. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12243.