Mastophora dizzydeani

Mastophora dizzydeani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mastophora
Species:
M. dizzydeani
Binomial name
Mastophora dizzydeani
Eberhard, 1981[1]

Mastophora dizzydeani is a species of spider named after baseball player Dizzy Dean.[2][3][4] Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females 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][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taxon details Mastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ Eberhard, William G. (1980). "The Natural History and Behavior of the Bolas Spider, Mastophora dizzydeani sp. n. (Araneae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 87 (3–4): 143–170. doi:10.1155/1980/81062. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ^ "My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species!". CBSNews.com. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b Mark Isaak (4 September 2012). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature- Etymology: Named after People". www.CuriousTaxonomy.net. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  5. ^ Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.


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