Stegodyphus sarasinorum
| Indian cooperative spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Stegodyphus |
| Species: | S. sarasinorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892
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Stegodyphus sarasinorum, known as the Indian cooperative spider, (is a species of spider of the genus Stegodyphus. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar.[1][2] This spider is a social spider that exhibits communal predation and feeding,[3] where spider individuals live in large cooperatively built colonies with a nest or retreat constructed of silk woven using leaves, twigs, and food carcasses, and a sheet web for prey capture.[4]
It is found that individual S. sarasinorum spiders that had attacked prey once were more likely to attack prey again, independent of their body size or hunger level.[5][6]
The spider moults 12 times to gain adulthood. Female feeds instar at the second stage by regurgitation and by providing them with captured prey, where in final instars, mother female devoted her life for the babies to use her body fluids and then dies.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ "Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1891". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Predatory behavior of a social spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum (Araneae: Eresidae):". Canadian Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "AUTECOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INDIAN COOPERATIVE SPIDER STEGODYPHUS SARASINORUM KARSCH (ERESIDAE:ARANEAE)" (PDF). International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Settepani V1, Grinsted L, Granfeldt J, Jensen JL, Bilde T. "Task specialization in two social spiders, Stegodyphus sarasinorum (Eresidae) and Anelosimus eximius (Theridiidae)". J Evol Biol. 26: 51–62. doi:10.1111/jeb.12024. PMID 23163349.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Settepani V, Grinsted L, Granfeldt J, Jensen JL, Bilde T. "Task specialization in two social spiders, Stegodyphus sarasinorum (Eresidae) and Anelosimus eximius (Theridiidae)". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26: 51–62. doi:10.1111/jeb.12024. PMID 23163349. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Life-History, Bionomics and Behavior of Social Spider Stegodyphus-Sarasinorum Karsch". Researchgate. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Deshmukh, Ujjwala Shivaji. "SUICIDAL MATERNAL CARE (MATRIPHAGY) IN STEGODYPHUS SARASINORUM, (ARACHNIDA: ERESIDAE)". International Journal of Pharmacology & Biological Sciences. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
External links
- Population Structure in an Indian Cooperative Spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Eresidae)
- Some observations on the ecology of social spider Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Araneae : Eresidae) from India
- Social Spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum, are different from most spiders as they are social colonizing spiders.
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