Ordgarius | |
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Female Ordgarius sexspinosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Subfamily: | Cyrtarachninae s.l. |
Genus: | Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886[1] |
Type species | |
O. monstrosus Keyserling, 1886
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Species | |
12, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Ordgarius is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[4] Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.[5]
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