Cyrtophorinae

Cyrtophorinae
Cyrtophorinae
Cyrtophora moluccensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
Genus

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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]

  • Cyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 2009[4]
  • Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Tent-web spiders)
  • Kapogea Levi, 1997
  • Mecynogea Simon, 1903
  • Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968
  • Manogea Levi, 1997

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