Biology:Hololena curta
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Short description: Species of spider
| Hololena curta | |
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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: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Hololena |
| Species: | H. curta
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| Binomial name | |
| Hololena curta (McCook, 1894)[1]
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Hololena curta, commonly known as corner funnel weaver or funnel web spider, is a species of venomous spiders belonging to a family of Agelenidae.
It is native to Canada and the United States .[1]
This species and related species produce a venom that contains a group of insecticidal acylpolyamines, insecticidal peptide,[2] and a group of neurotoxins.[3]
Males have adapted to avoid sexual cannibalism by mating with virgin females, as both females and males can mate multiple times, but females become aggressive after having mated.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Hololena curta (McCook, 1894)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/727, retrieved 2023-07-15
- ↑ "Paralytic and insecticidal toxins from the funnel web spider, Hololena curta". Toxicon 29 (3): 329–336. 1991. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(91)90286-z. PMID 2048147.
- ↑ "Curtatoxins. Neurotoxic insecticidal polypeptides isolated from the funnel-web spider Hololena curta". J Biol Chem 265 (4): 2054–2059. 1990. PMID 2298738.
- ↑ Xiao, Yong-Hong; Zunic-Kosi, Alenka; Zhang, Long-Wa; Prentice, Thomas R.; McElfresh, J. Steven; Chinta, Satya P.; Zou, Yun-Fan; Millar, Jocelyn G. (December 2015). "Male adaptations to minimize sexual cannibalism during reproduction in the funnel-web spider Hololena curta: Male spiders avoiding sexual cannibalism". Insect Science 22 (6): 840–852. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12243.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3243257 entry
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