Tidarren sisyphoides

Tidarren sisyphoides

Taxobox
name = "Tidarren sisyphoides"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Theridiidae
genus = "Tidarren"
species = "T. sisyphoides"
binomial = "Tidarren sisyphoides"
binomial_authority = Walckenaer, 1842

"Tidarren sisyphoides" is a spider of the family Theridiidae (tangle web spiders).

The male of this species is only 1% the size of the female. At copulation, the male dies during insertion and remains attached to the female for more than two hours. However, the female does not eat her mate. The dead male is afterwards removed from the web.

Etymology

From "Sisyphos", a king in Greek mythology.

Distribution

"T. sisyphoides" occurs from the southern USA to Colombia and on the West Indies.

References

* [http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v31_n3/arac-031-03-0445.pdf B. Knoflach, S. P. Benjamin, 2003: Mating without Sexual Cannibalism in Tidarren sisyphoides (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 31:445-448] (PDF)

External links

* http://www.rlephoto.com/spiders/Tidarren_sisyphoides/index.htm Photos of Tidarren sisyphoides


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