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Cyclosa
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Cyclosa

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Cyclosa, also called trashline orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. Widely distributed worldwide, spiders of the genus Cyclosa build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. The web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. However, some tropical species, including C. longicauda in Peru, construct highly complex, non-linear stabilimenta that resemble the silhouette of a much larger orb-weaving spider. This specific decoy strategy is hypothesized

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded27,290

Cyclosa es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae. Se encuentra en todos los continentes.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
689
With media
7
Family
Araneidae
Collections
ECOSUR, MADUG-UG, MCZ, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, DMNS
Recorded in
Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, Guyana, Spain, Papua New Guinea, United States, Australia
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
Image
Cyclosa octotuberculata.jpg
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Commons category
Cyclosa
taxon name
Cyclosa
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cyclosa
Commons gallery
Cyclosa
taxon common name
먼지거미속
taxon author citation
Menge, 1866
taxonomic type
Cyclosa conica
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Cyclosa, also called trashline orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. Widely distributed worldwide, spiders of the genus Cyclosa build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. The web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. However, some tropical species, including C. longicauda in Peru, construct highly complex, non-linear stabilimenta that resemble the silhouette of a much larger orb-weaving spider. This specific decoy strategy is hypothesized to serve as an advanced anti-predator defense by visual mimicry. The name "Cyclosa" comes from Greek 'to move in a circle', referring to how it spins its web.

While most orb-web spiders face downwards in their web when waiting for prey, some Cyclosa species (e.g. C. ginnaga and C. argenteoalba) face upwards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyclosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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