Kingdom Animalia Suborder Araneomorphae Genus Tidarren Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Class Arachnida Family Theridiidae Scientific name Tidarren sisyphoides Rank Species | |
Similar Tidarren, Cryptachaea, Hibana, Achaearanea, Neoscona domiciliorum | ||
Tidarren sisyphoides is a spider of the family Theridiidae (tangle web spiders).
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The male of this species is only 1% the size of the female. At copulation, the male dies during insertion and remains attached to the female for more than two hours. However, the female does not eat her mate. The dead male is afterwards removed from the web.
Etymology
From Sisyphos, a king in Greek mythology.
Distribution
T. sisyphoides occurs from the southern United States to Colombia and on the West Indies.
References
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