Mastophora phrynosoma
Appearance
Mastophora phrynosoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Mastophora |
Species: | M. phrynosoma
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Binomial name | |
Mastophora phrynosoma Gertsch, 1955
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Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States.[1][2][3][4] Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mastophora phrynosoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Mastophora phrynosoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Mastophora phrynosoma". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Mastophora phrynosoma species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Mastophora phrynosoma at Wikimedia Commons