Hyptiotes Temporal range:
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Female Hyptiotes affinis from Okinawa, Japan | |
Female Hyptiotes cavatus from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Uloboridae |
Genus: |
Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 |
Diversity | |
16 species |
Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.
Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment the spider releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk. [1]