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]

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Scoloderus
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

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Species

As of April 2019 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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