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Bolas Spiders
Cyrtarachninae
Cyrtarachninae is a subfamily of spiders in the family Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders, araneids). The group has been circumscribed in several different ways. It originated as the group Cyrtarachneae, described by Eugène Simon in 1892. The group was later treated at different ranks: as a tribe, both under Simon's name and as Cyrtarachnini, and as the subfamily Cyrtarachninae. Circumscriptions have varied. The broadest circumscription, Cyrtarachninae sensu lato (s.l.), includes three of Simon's original groups, including the bolas...
15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Bird-dropping Araneids
genusCyrtarachne
Poecilopachys
genusPoecilopachys
Bird-dropping Spiders
genusCelaenia
American Bolas Spiders
genusMastophora
Oriental Bolas Spiders
genusOrdgarius
Ladybeetle Spiders
genusParaplectana
Pasilobus
genusPasilobus
Taczanowskia
genusTaczanowskia
Aranoethra
genusAranoethra
African Bolas Spiders
genusCladomelea
Acantharachne
genusAcantharachne
Bird-dropping Araneid Spiders
genusAethriscus
Exechocentrus
genusExechocentrus
Aethrodiscus
genusAethrodiscus
Friula
genusFriula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1004907.