Scoloderus
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Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2] They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.[3]
Scoloderus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Scoloderus Simon, 1887[1] |
Type species | |
S. cordatus (Taczanowski, 1879) | |
Species | |
5, see text |
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Scoloderus ackerlyi Traw, 1996 – Belize
- Scoloderus cordatus (Taczanowski, 1879) (type) – Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus gibber (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus nigriceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – USA, Mexico, Bahama Is., Cuba, Jamaica
- Scoloderus tuberculifer (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – USA to Argentina
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