Cladomelea
C. debeeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Cladomelea
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
C. longipes
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)
Species

4, see text

Cladomelea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.[3]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Cladomelea akermani Hewitt, 1923 – South Africa
  • Cladomelea debeeri Roff & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2004 – South Africa
  • Cladomelea longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) – Congo
  • Cladomelea ornata Hirst, 1907 – Central Africa

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Cladomelea Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ↑ Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ↑ Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.


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