• Mastophora may refer to: Mastophora (spider), a genus of bolas spiders Mastophora (alga), a red alga genus in the subfamily Mastophoroideae This disambiguation...
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    Mastophora, also known as bolas spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by E. L. Holmberg in 1876. They can be identified by a pair of...
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    it has humps and tubercules. The females of some bolas spiders (e.g. Mastophora cornigera) look remarkably like a bird dropping, thanks to their large...
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    Mastophora hutchinsoni, also known as the American bolas spider, is a species of orb weaver in the genus Mastophora. The genus is distributed extensively...
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    Mastophora cornigera is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Nicaragua. Like all known...
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  • Mastophora dizzydeani is a species of spider named after baseball player Dizzy Dean. Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females are...
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  • Mastophora extraordinaria is a species of spider in the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae. It is found in South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina)...
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  • Mastophora leucabulba is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Honduras. Like all known...
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    Mastophora phrynosoma is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States. Like all known species of the genus...
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  • Mastophora yeargani is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States. Like all known species of the genus Mastophora...
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  • Mastophora timuqua is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States. Like all known species of the genus Mastophora...
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    Mastophora bisaccata is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is also known as Mastaphora obesa. It is found in the United States...
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  • this genus are: Mastophora laevis Mastophora pacifica Mastophora rosea Mastophora variegata Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Mastophora". AlgaeBase. World-wide...
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  • Guatemala, Honduras Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 Mastophora abalosi Urtubey & Baez, 1983 — Argentina Mastophora alachua Levi, 2003 — USA Mastophora alvareztoroi...
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    spiders. Some orb-weavers do not build webs at all. Members of the genera Mastophora in the Americas, Cladomelea in Africa, and Ordgarius in Australia produce...
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    Museum. 25: 316. Levi, H. W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology....
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    catch with the backwards strike. Mature female bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora build "webs" that consist of only a single "trapeze line", which they...
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    than visual means to ensnare prey. Female bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora lure male moth-flies (Diptera, true flies, but resembling moths) by producing...
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  • Family: Corallinaceae Subfamily: Mastophoroideae Genera Hydrolithon Lesueuria Lithoporella Mastophora Metamastophora Neogoniolithon Pneophyllum Spongites...
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    resemblance. Some species of Mastophora, such as Mastophora extraordinaria, resemble bird droppings. At rest, Mastophora bisaccata clings to the underside...
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  • placida Mangora spiculata Mastophora alvareztoroi Mastophora cornigera Mastophora leucabulba Mastophora phrynosoma Mastophora stowei Mecynogea lemniscata...
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    this, which resembles the one used by the bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora. Though they belong to the same family, the two genera are not closely...
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    Retrieved 2019-05-13. Levi, H. W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology....
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    klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 Acanthella ligulata (Burton, 1928) Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870) Acanthella megaspicula Thomas, 1984 Acanthella minuta...
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  • W. G. (1980). "The natural history and behavior of the bolas spider Mastophora dizzydeani sp. n. (Araneidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 87 (3–4):...
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  • Arkys curtulus Celaenia excavata, a species native to eastern Australia Mastophora, a genus native to the New World This page is an index of articles on...
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  • retrieved 2021-01-21 Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology....
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    W.G. (1980), "The natural history and behaviour of the bolas spider Mastophora dizzydeani sp.n. (Araneidae)" (PDF), Psyche: A Journal of Entomology,...
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    5962/bhl.title.51973. Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology....
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  • Grasshoff, 1970 Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 Manogea Levi, 1997 Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 Mecynogea Simon, 1903 Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968 Melychiopharis...
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