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Miagrammopes

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Miagrammopes
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
M. extensus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Miagrammopes
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870[1]
Type species
M. thwaitesi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870
Species

71, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Huanacauria
  • Miagrammopsidis
  • Mumaia
  • Ranguma

Miagrammopes is a genus of cribellate orb weavers first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1870.[2] These spiders have a unique shape and only four of their original eight eyes. They spin a single line of web, actively watching and jerking the line to catch their prey.[3]

Species

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As of October 2022 it contains 71 species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Miagrammopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1870). "Descriptions and sketches of two new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 10 (47): 398–405. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1870.tb00669.x.
  3. ^ "Hackled-orb web, triangle-web, single-line web spiders: Family Uloboridae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.