Cyrtophorinae

Cyrtophorinae
Cyrtophora moluccensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
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Cyrtophorinae is a subfamily of spiders in the orb-weaver spider family.[1] Unlike other orb-weavers, spiders belonging to Cyrtophorinae build horizontal, finely meshed platforms within a tangle of irregular webs. The usually dome-shaped platform is a non-sticky orb web.[2]

Cyrtophorinae includes the following six genera:[3]

  1. ^ Jonathan A. Coddington (1989). "Spinneret Silk Spigot Morphology: Evidence for the Monophyly of Orbweaving Spiders, Cyrtophorinae (Araneidae), and the Group Theridiidae plus Nesticidae" (PDF). J. Arachnol. 17: 17–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  2. ^ William A. Shear (1986). Spiders--webs, behavior, and evolution. Stanford University Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
  3. ^ Joel Hallan. "Araneidae". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  4. ^ Volker W. Framenau & Nikolaj Scharff (2009). "Cyrtobill darwini, a new species in a new orb-weaving spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 25 (3): 315–328. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.315-328. Retrieved May 9, 2011.