Scoloderus

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]

Scoloderus
Scientific classification
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)
Species

5, see text

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
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References
  1. "Gen. Scoloderus Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Simon, E. (1887). "Observation sur divers arachnides: synonymies et descriptions". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6).
  3. 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. Retrieved 2010-04-23.


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