Hololena curta
Hololena curta, commonly known as corner funnel weaver or funnel web spider is a species of venomous spiders belonging to a family of Agelenidae.
| Hololena curta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Hololena |
| Species: | H. curta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hololena curta McCook, 1894 | |
It is native to North America, including Canada and the United States.
This, and related species produce a venom that contains a group of insecticidal acylpolyamines, insecticidal peptide,[1] and a group of neurotoxins.[2]
References
- Quistad GB, Reuter CC, Skinner WS, Dennis PA, Suwanrumpha S, Fu EW (1991). "Paralytic and insecticidal toxins from the funnel web spider, Hololena curta". Toxicon. 29 (3): 329–336. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(91)90286-z. PMID 2048147.
- Stapleton A, Blankenship DT, Ackermann BL, Chen TM, Gorder GW, Manley GD, Palfreyman MG, Coutant JE, Cardin AD (1990). "Curtatoxins. Neurotoxic insecticidal polypeptides isolated from the funnel-web spider Hololena curta". J Biol Chem. 265 (4): 2054–2059. PMID 2298738.
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