Mastophora bisaccata is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is also known as Mastaphora obesa.[1][2] It is found in the United States and Mexico.[3][4][1][5] 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.[6]

Mastophora bisaccata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mastophora
Species:
M. bisaccata
Binomial name
Mastophora bisaccata
(Emerton, 1884)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mastophora bisaccata". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Mastophora bisaccata (Emerton 1884) names - Encyclopedia of Life".
  3. ^ "Mastophora bisaccata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ "Mastophora bisaccata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ^ Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.