Biology:Scoloderus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Scoloderus Simon, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. cordatus (Taczanowski, 1879)
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Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2] They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.[3]
Species
(As of April 2019) it contains five species:[1]
- Scoloderus ackerlyi Traw, 1996 – Belize
- Scoloderus cordatus (Taczanowski, 1879) (type) – Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus gibber (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus nigriceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – USA, Mexico, Bahama Is., Cuba, Jamaica
- Scoloderus tuberculifer (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – USA to Argentina
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Scoloderus Simon, 1887. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/399. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1887). "Observation sur divers arachnides: synonymies et descriptions". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 7 (6).
- ↑ Evans, David L.; Schmidt, Justin O. (1990). Insect defenses: adaptive mechanisms and strategies of prey and predators. SUNY series in animal behavior. SUNY Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-88706-896-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=jpxkhS7O0p0C. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1116038 entry
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