Exechocentrus

Exechocentrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Exechocentrus
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
E. lancearius
Simon, 1889
Species

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Exechocentrus is a genus of Madagascan orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[1][2] It is a bolas-using spider, capturing its prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 223–236.