- Philoponella vicina
Taxobox
name = "Philoponella vicina"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Aranaeomorphae
familia =Uloboridae
genus = "Philoponella "
species = "P. vicina"
binomial = "Philoponella vicina"
binomial_authority = (O. P.-Cambridge, 1899)
range_
range_map_width = 250px
synonyms = "Uloborus vicinus""Philoponella vicina" is a kind of spider than does not utilize (characteristic of
Uloboridae )venom , but instead wraps its prey in hundreds of meters ofspider silk to crush it to death. The spider then goes onto regurgitate digestive fluid into the shroud, then consuming the pre-digested liquid.Stabilimenta occur in more than half of constructed orbs, most commonly with two lines pointing up and down from the spider. If only one radius is constructed, it is mostly constructed above the spider. Some spiders build resting webs that are not used for prey capture. These also sometimes feature stabilimenta, suggesting that prey capture plays no role in its construction. When disturbed, the spider flees up one of the stabilimentum lines. [Eberhard 2006]Distribution
The spider is found natively from
Mexico toCosta Rica . [World Spider Catalog]Footnotes
References
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".
*aut|Eberhard, William G.; Barrantes, Gilbert & Weng, Ju-Lin (2006): Tie them up tight: wrapping by "Philoponella vicina" spiders breaks, compresses and sometimes kills their prey. "Naturwissenschaften" 95(5): 251-254. DOI|10.1007/s00114-006-0094-1 — [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-006-0094-1 HTML abstract]
* (2006): Stabilimenta of "Philoponella vicina" (Araneae: Uloboridae) and "Gasteracantha cancriformis " (Araneae: Araneidae): Evidence Against a Prey Attractant Function. "Biotropica" 39(2): 216-220. doi|10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00254.x
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