Hyptiotes
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| Hyptiotes Temporal range: | |
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| H. cavatus | |
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| Female Hyptiotes cavatus from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 |
| Diversity | |
| 17 species, see text | |
Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.[1]
Hyptiotes spiders produce a rudimentary orb-web consisting only of four radii connected to a single thread which the spider uses to manipulate the web. This triangular web is made between leaves on plants.[2] The spider 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.[3]
The egg-sac is flattened, mottled brown in colour and attached to the surface of a twig.[2]
