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Cyrtophora

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Cyrtophora

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Cyrtophora, the tent-web spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Although they are in the "orb weaver" family, they do not build orb webs. Their tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb web. These webs are aligned horizontally, with a network of supporting threads above them. These spiders often live in colonies. Females have a body length of mostly about long. Some members, including Cyrtophora cicatrosa, exhibit the ability to change colour rapidly.

Species

Tropical Tent-web Spider

Genus

  1. PhylumOchrophyta
  2. ClassDictyochophyceae
  3. OrderPedinellales
  4. FamilyActinomonadaceae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations9,769

Cyrtophora es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae. Se encuentra en África y Eurasia. Lista de especies Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0:[1]​ Cyrtophora admiralia Strand, 1913 Cyrtophora beccarii (Thorell, 1878) Cyrtophora bicauda (Saito, 1933) Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1970 Cyrtophora bimaculata Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 Cyrtophora caudata Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 Cyrtophora cephalotes Simon, 1877 Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) Cyrtophora cordiformis (L. Koch, 1871) Cyrtophora crassipes (Rainbow, 1897) Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1842) Cyrtophora diazoma (Thorell, 1890) Cyrtophora doriae (Thorell, 1881) Cyrtophora eczematica (Thorell, 1892) Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) Cyrtophora feai (Thorell, 1887) Cyrtophora forbesi (Thorell, 1890) Cyrtophora gazellae (Karsch, 1878) Cyrtophora gemmosa Thorell, 1899 Cyrtophora guangxiensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 Cyrtophora hainanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872 Cyrtophora ikomosanensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 Cyrtophora koronadalensis Barrion & L

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
210
With media
6
Family
Araneidae
Collections
MCZ, UNM, AM, QM
Recorded in
Indonesia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Thailand, Australia, Panama, Madagascar, Zambia
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
Image
Green tent spider.jpg
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Commons category
Cyrtophora
taxon name
Cyrtophora
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cyrtophora
Commons gallery
Cyrtophora
taxon author citation
Simon, 1864
taxonomic type
Cyrtophora citricola
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Cyrtophora, the tent-web spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Although they are in the "orb weaver" family, they do not build orb webs. Their tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb web. These webs are aligned horizontally, with a network of supporting threads above them. These spiders often live in colonies. Females have a body length of mostly about long. Some members, including Cyrtophora cicatrosa, exhibit the ability to change colour rapidly.

A kleptoparasitic spider (Argyrodes fissifrons) was found to live in a mutualistic relationships with Cyrtophora species. Some of the species are considered social spiders, building large structures where the territories of the offspring are built along the margin of the mothers web.

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