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Cyrtophorinae
Cyrtophorinae is a subfamily of spiders in the orb-weaver spider family. Unlike other orb-weavers, spiders belonging to Cyrtophorinae build horizontal, finely meshed platforms within a tangle of irregular webs. The usually dome-shaped platform is a non-sticky orb web. Cyrtophorinae includes the following six genera: *'' Cyrtobill'' Framenau & Scharff, 2009 *''Cyrtophora'' Simon, 1864 (Tent-web spiders) *''Kapogea'' Levi, 1997 *''Mecynogea'' Simon, 1903 *''Megaraneus'' Lawrence, 1968 *''Manogea ''Manogea'' is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi Herbert Walter Levi (January 3, 1921 – November 3, 2014) was professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum ...'' Levi, 1997 File:Basilica Orbweaver courtship - Mecynogea lemniscata, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg, '' Mecynogea lemniscata'': courtship File:Basilica Orbweaver - Mecynogea lemniscata, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg, egg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtobill
''Cyrtobill'' is a genus of Australian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Cyrtobill darwini''. It was first described by V. W. Framenau & N. Scharff in 2009, and has only been found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Araneidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia {{Araneidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophora
''Cyrtophora'', the tent-web spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Although they are in the "orb weaver" family, they do not build orb webs. Their tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb web. These webs are aligned horizontally, with a network of supporting threads above them. These spiders often live in colonies. Females have a body length of mostly about long. Some members, including '' Cyrtophora cicatrosa'', exhibit the ability to change colour rapidly. A kleptoparasitic Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when f ... spider ('' Argyrodes fissifrons'') was found to live in a mutualistic relationships with ''Cyrtophora'' species. Some of the species are considered soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Araneidae Genera
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera in the family Araneidae: *''Acacesia'' Simon, 1895 *''Acantharachne'' Tullgren, 1910 *'' Acanthepeira'' Marx, 1883 *''Acroaspis'' Karsch, 1878 *''Acrosomoides'' Simon, 1887 *''Actinacantha'' Simon, 1864 *''Actinosoma'' Holmberg, 1883 *''Aculepeira'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 *''Acusilas'' Simon, 1895 *''Aethriscus'' Pocock, 1902 *''Aethrodiscus'' Strand, 1913 *''Aetrocantha'' Karsch, 1879 *''Afracantha'' Dahl, 1914 *''Agalenatea'' Archer, 1951 *''Alenatea'' Song & Zhu, 1999 *''Allocyclosa'' Levi, 1999 *'' Alpaida'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 *''Amazonepeira'' Levi, 1989 *''Anepsion'' Strand, 1929 *'' Arachnura'' Vinson, 1863 *''Araneus'' Clerck, 1757 *'' Araniella'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 *''Aranoethra'' Butler, 1873 *'' Argiope'' Audouin, 1826 *'' Arkys'' Walckenaer, 1837 *'' Artonis'' Simon, 1895 *'' Aspidolasius'' Simon, 1887 *'' Augusta'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 *''Austracantha'' Dahl, 1914 *''Backobourkia'' Framenau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecynogea Lemniscata
''Mecynogea lemniscata'', the basilica orbweaver, is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name .... It is found in a range from the United States to Argentina. References External links * Araneidae Articles created by Qbugbot Spiders described in 1841 Spiders of North America {{araneidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manogea
''Manogea'' is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi Herbert Walter Levi (January 3, 1921 – November 3, 2014) was professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was born in Germany, educated there and at Leighton Park School, Re ... in 1997. it contains only three species. References Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America {{Araneidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megaraneus
''Megaraneus'' is a genus of Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...n orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Megaraneus gabonensis''. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968, to contain the single species originally published under the name ''Epeira gabonensis''. References Araneidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa {{Araneidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecynogea
''Mecynogea'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth". Species it contains nine species in the Americas: *''Mecynogea apatzingan'' Herbert Walter Levi, Levi, 1997 – Mexico *''Mecynogea bigibba'' Simon, 1903 – Brazil, Uruguay *''Mecynogea buique'' Levi, 1997 – Brazil *''Mecynogea erythromela'' (Holmberg, 1876) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile *''Mecynogea infelix'' (Soares & Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo, Camargo, 1948) – Colombia, Brazil *''Mecynogea lemniscata'' (Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Walckenaer, 1841) – USA to Argentina *''Mecynogea martiana'' (Allan Frost Archer, Archer, 1958) – Cuba, Hispaniola *''Mecynogea ocosingo'' Levi, 1997 – Mexico *''Mecynogea sucre'' Levi, 1997 – Venezuela, Brazil References Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of North America Spiders of South Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapogea
''Kapogea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi Herbert Walter Levi (January 3, 1921 – November 3, 2014) was professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was born in Germany, educated there and at Leighton Park School, Rea ... in 1997. Species it contains four species in the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil: *'' Kapogea cyrtophoroides'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil *'' Kapogea isosceles'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Greater Antilles, Panama to Argentina *'' Kapogea sellata'' (Simon, 1895) – Greater Antilles, Costa Rica to Argentina *'' Kapogea sexnotata'' (Simon, 1895) – Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil References Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America {{Araneidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrtophora Moluccensis
''Cyrtophora moluccensis'' is a tent-web spider in the orb-weaver family. It is commonly known as the tent spider or dome-web spider, and is native to India, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, and Tonga. It is often found in disturbed or open habitats from coasts to forest and mountainous interiors. The abdomen is high and the anterior end overhangs the cephalothorax. It can be distinguished from similar species by the two tubercles on its abdomen, its elaborate pattern, and, in females, the shape of the median septum of the epigyne. In males, the embolus of the pedipalp is enclosed within the conductor. Females and immature spiders are yellow to green in color. Webs built by ''Cyrtophora'' species are different from typical webs built by orb-weavers. The orb web is built horizontally with a finely meshed dome or bowl shape, hence the name "dome-web spider". The non-sticky spiral is left intact and webs are without a sticky spiral. A 1980 study suggests that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fossil spider species '' Cenotextricella simoni'' was named in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, Texas A&M has the largest student body in the United States, and is the only university in Texas to hold simultaneous designations as a land, sea, and space grant institution. In 2001, it was inducted into the Association of American Universities. The university's students, alumni, and sports teams are known as Aggies, and its athletes compete in eighteen varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The university was the first public higher-education institution in Texas; it opened for classes on October 4, 1876, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (A.M.C.) under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act. In the following decades, the college grew in size and scope, expanding to its largest enrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
