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Mastophora phrynosoma

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Species of spider

Mastophora phrynosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mastophora
Species: M. phrynosoma
Binomial name
Mastophora phrynosoma
Gertsch, 1955

Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States. 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.

References

  1. "Mastophora phrynosoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Mastophora phrynosoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Mastophora phrynosoma". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. "Mastophora phrynosoma species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  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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Taxon identifiers
Mastophora phrynosoma


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