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Cyrtophora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Subfamily
  
Cyrtophorinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Family
  
Araneidae

Scientific name
  
Cyrtophora

Higher classification
  
Cyrtophorinae

Order
  
Spider

Cyrtophora entnemdeptufleducreaturesMISCSPIDERSCyrtopho

Similar
  
Cyrtophora moluccensis, Cyclosa, Neoscona, Larinia, Cyrtarachne

Tent spider cyrtophora moluccensis at fogg daam nt australia


The Tent-web spiders (genus Cyrtophora), although technically orb-web spiders (family Araneidae), 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 10 mm.

Contents

Cyrtophora Cyrtophora Wikipedia

Some members (e.g. 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.

Cyrtophora cylindroides walckenaer 1842


Species

Cyrtophora Colonial Tentweb Orbweaver Cyrtophora citricola

  • Cyrtophora acrobalia (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar
  • Cyrtophora admiralia Strand, 1913 — Admiralty Islands
  • Cyrtophora beccarii (Thorell, 1878) — Malaysia to New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora bicauda (Saito, 1933) — Taiwan
  • Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1970 — India
  • Cyrtophora caudata Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 — East Africa
  • Cyrtophora cephalotes Simon, 1877 — Philippines
  • Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) — Pakistan to New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) — Old World, Hispaniola, Colombia
  • Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
  • Cyrtophora citricola lurida Karsch, 1879 — West Africa
  • Cyrtophora citricola minahassae Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Cyrtophora cordiformis (L. Koch, 1871) — New Guinea, Queensland, Lord Howe Islands
  • Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1842) — China to Australia
  • Cyrtophora cylindroides scalaris Strand, 1915 — New Britain
  • Cyrtophora diazoma (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
  • Cyrtophora doriae (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea, Bismarck Arch.
  • Cyrtophora eczematica (Thorell, 1892) — Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) — Myanmar to Philippines, New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora feai (Thorell, 1887) — India to Myanmar
  • Cyrtophora forbesi (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
  • Cyrtophora gemmosa Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
  • Cyrtophora guangxiensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
  • Cyrtophora hainanensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
  • Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872 — Queensland
  • Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 — India
  • Cyrtophora koronadalensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Cyrtophora ksudra Sherriffs, 1928 — India
  • Cyrtophora lacunaris Yin et al., 1990 — China
  • Cyrtophora lahirii Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004 — Bangladesh
  • Cyrtophora larinioides Simon, 1895 — Cameroon
  • Cyrtophora leucopicta (Urquhart, 1890) — Fiji
  • Cyrtophora limbata (Thorell, 1898) — Myanmar
  • Cyrtophora lineata Kulczynski, 1910 — Solomon Islands, Bismarck Arch.
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) — India to Japan, Australia
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis albidinota Strand, 1911 — Caroline Islands, Palau, Yap
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis bukae Strand, 1911 — Solomon Islands
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis cupidinea Thorell, 1875 — New Caledonia
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis margaritacea (Doleschall, 1859) — Java
  • Cyrtophora moluccensis rubicundinota Strand, 1911 — Keule Islands, near New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora monulfi Chrysanthus, 1960 — New Guinea
  • Cyrtophora nareshi Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004 — Bangladesh
  • Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Cyrtophora parnasia L. Koch, 1872 — Australia, Tasmania
  • Cyrtophora petersi Karsch, 1878 — Mozambique
  • Cyrtophora subacalypha (Simon, 1882) — Aden
  • Cyrtophora unicolor (Doleschall, 1857) — Sri Lanka to Philippines, Australia

    • Cyrtophora Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall 1857 Tent Spider

    Cyrtophora Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall 1857 Tent Spider

    Cyrtophora Cyrtophora citricola Wikipedia

    References

    Cyrtophora Wikipedia
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