Cyrtophorinae is a subfamily of spiders in the orb-weaver spider family.[1] Unlike other orb-weavers, spiders belonging to Cyrtophorinae build horizontal, finely meshed platforms within a tangle of irregular webs. The usually dome-shaped platform is a non-sticky orb web.[2]
| Cyrtophorinae | |
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| Cyrtophora moluccensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtophorinae Simon, 1895 |
| Genera | |
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Cyrtophorinae includes the following six genera:[3]
- Cyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 2009[4]
- Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Tent-web spiders)
- Kapogea Levi, 1997
- Mecynogea Simon, 1903
- Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968
- Manogea Levi, 1997
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Mecynogea lemniscata: courtship -
egg sac + prey -
egg sac
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Jonathan A. Coddington (1989). "Spinneret Silk Spigot Morphology: Evidence for the Monophyly of Orbweaving Spiders, Cyrtophorinae (Araneidae), and the Group Theridiidae plus Nesticidae" (PDF). J. Arachnol. 17: 17–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ William A. Shear (1986). Spiders--webs, behavior, and evolution. Stanford University Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
- ^ Joel Hallan. "Araneidae". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Volker W. Framenau & Nikolaj Scharff (2009). "Cyrtobill darwini, a new species in a new orb-weaving spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 25: 315–328. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
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