Biology:Hyptiotes

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Hyptiotes
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Female Hyptiotes affinis from Okinawa, Japan
Triangle Spider - Hyptiotes cavatus, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Female Hyptiotes cavatus from Woodbridge, Virginia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Hyptiotes
Walckenaer, 1837
Diversity
16 species

Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.

Feeding

Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment the spider releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk.[1]

Species

  • Hyptiotes affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • Hyptiotes akermani Wiehle, 1964 — South Africa
  • Hyptiotes analis Simon, 1892 — Sri Lanka
  • Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada
  • Hyptiotes dentatus Wunderlich, 2008 — France
  • Hyptiotes fabaceus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
  • Hyptiotes flavidus (Blackwall, 1862) — Mediterranean to Russia
  • Hyptiotes gerhardti Wiehle, 1929 — Greece, southern Russia
  • Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Canada, Alaska
  • Hyptiotes himalayensis Tikader, 1981 — India
  • Hyptiotes indicus Simon, 1905 — India
  • Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic
  • Hyptiotes puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
  • Hyptiotes solanus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
  • Hyptiotes tehama Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
  • Hyptiotes xinlongensis Liu, Wang & Peng, 1991 — China

References

  1. David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited

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