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Mastophora dizzydeani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Mastophora
Species:	M. dizzydeani
Binomial name
Mastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981

Mastophora dizzydeani is a species of spider named after baseball player Dizzy Dean. 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.

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)

References

1. "Taxon details Mastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
2. Eberhard, William G. (1980). "The Natural History and Behavior of the Bolas Spider, Mastophora dizzydeani sp. n. (Araneae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 87 (3–4): 143–170. doi:10.1155/1980/81062. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. "My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species!". CBSNews.com. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
4. ^ Mark Isaak (4 September 2012). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature- Etymology: Named after People". www.CuriousTaxonomy.net. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
5. Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.

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