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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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 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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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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List of Araneidae species: G–M (section Mastophora)
Guatemala, Honduras Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 Mastophora abalosi Urtubey & Baez, 1983 — Argentina Mastophora alachua Levi, 2003 — USA Mastophora alvareztoroi...
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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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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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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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Family: Corallinaceae Subfamily: Mastophoroideae Genera Hydrolithon Lesueuria Lithoporella Mastophora Metamastophora Neogoniolithon Pneophyllum Spongites...
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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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placida Mangora spiculata Mastophora alvareztoroi Mastophora cornigera Mastophora leucabulba Mastophora phrynosoma Mastophora stowei Mecynogea lemniscata...
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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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klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 Acanthella ligulata (Burton, 1928) Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870) Acanthella megaspicula Thomas, 1984 Acanthella minuta...
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America Pyrenula mastigophora Aptroot (2014) – South Solomons Pyrenula mastophora (Nyl.) Müll.Arg. (1883) Pyrenula mastophorizans Müll.Arg. (1885) Pyrenula...
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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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Hydrolithon Foslie, 1909 Genus Lesueuria Woelkerling & Ducker, 1987 Genus Mastophora Decaisne, 1842 Genus Metamastophora Setchell, 1943 Genus Neogoniolithon...
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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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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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