Biology:Mastophora dizzydeani

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Mastophora dizzydeani
Scientific classification edit
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[1]

Mastophora dizzydeani is a species of spider named after baseball player Dizzy Dean.[2][3][4] 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.[5][4]

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. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/4505. Retrieved 12 April 2016. 
  2. Eberhard, William G. (1980). "The Natural History and Behavior of the Bolas Spider, Mastophora dizzydeani sp. n. (Araneae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 87 (3–4): 143–170. doi:10.1155/1980/81062. http://psyche.entclub.org/pdf/87/87-143.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2012. 
  3. "My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species!". CBSNews.com. 11 February 2009. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/09/tech/main4657330.shtml. Retrieved 22 September 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mark Isaak (4 September 2012). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature- Etymology: Named after People". www.CuriousTaxonomy.net. http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/people.html. 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 

Wikidata ☰ Q1645296 entry