Mastophora leucabulba

Mastophora leucabulba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mastophora
Species:
M. leucabulba
Binomial name
Mastophora leucabulba
(Gertsch, 1955)

Mastophora leucabulba is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Honduras.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5]

References

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


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