Gelanor siquirres
Appearance
Gelanor siquirres | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Mimetidae |
Genus: | Gelanor |
Species: | G. siquirres
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Binomial name | |
Gelanor siquirres |
Gelanor siquirres is a species of neotropical spiders from Costa Rica in the family Mimetidae.[1][2] It hunts by intercepting the lines orb weavers use to start their webs with its own silk lines, pursuing the captured weavers.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taxon details Gelanor siquirres Benavides & Hormiga, 2016". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
- ^ Brown, Elizabeth (21 October 2023). "A pirate spider's hunting trick revealed". ScienceNews. Retrieved 9 November 2023.