Scoloderus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Scoloderus Simon, 1887 [1] |
Type species | |
S. cordatus (
Taczanowski, 1879)
| |
Species | |
5, see text |
Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. [2] They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared. [3]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains five species: [1]
Scoloderus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Scoloderus Simon, 1887 [1] |
Type species | |
S. cordatus (
Taczanowski, 1879)
| |
Species | |
5, see text |
Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. [2] They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared. [3]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains five species: [1]