Biology:Mastophora timuqua

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Short description: Species of spider

Mastophora timuqua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mastophora
Species:
M. timuqua
Binomial name
Mastophora timuqua
Levi, 2003

Mastophora timuqua 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

  1. "Mastophora timuqua Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=860622. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Mastophora timuqua". https://www.gbif.org/species/5171208. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  3. "Mastophora timuqua". https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/4532. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  4. Levi, H.W. (2003), "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157: 309–382 

Wikidata ☰ Q2275841 entry