Hyptiotes
Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.
| Hyptiotes | |
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| Female Hyptiotes affinis from Okinawa, Japan | |
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| Female Hyptiotes cavatus from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 |
| Diversity | |
| 15 species | |
Feeding
Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment the spider releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk.[1]
Species
- Hyptiotes affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Hyptiotes akermani Wiehle, 1964 — South Africa
- Hyptiotes analis Simon, 1892 — Sri Lanka
- Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada
- Hyptiotes dentatus Wunderlich, 2008 — France
- Hyptiotes fabaceus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
- Hyptiotes flavidus (Blackwall, 1862) — Mediterranean to Russia
- Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Canada, Alaska
- Hyptiotes himalayensis Tikader, 1981 — India
- Hyptiotes indicus Simon, 1905 — India
- Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic
- Hyptiotes puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
- Hyptiotes solanus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
- Hyptiotes tehama Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
- Hyptiotes xinlongensis Liu, Wang & Peng, 1991 — China
References
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- David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited
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