NOTES ON WEB AND WEB PLASTICITY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE OF ACHAEARANEA HIEROGLYPHICA (MELLO-LEITÃO) (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE)

Ingi Agnarsson; Jonathan A. Coddington

doi:10.1636/06-26.1

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Ingi Agnarsson,^1,2 Jonathan A. Coddington¹

¹Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-105, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA;
²Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of British Columbia, 2370-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. iagnarsson@gmail.com

Abstract

Cobweb spiders (Theridiidae) exhibit a rich variety of web designs. Current knowledge of theridiid web architecture and evolution indicates that theridiid web design shows high within-taxon diversity and frequent convergence. Here we redescribe Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitão 1940), including the first description of the male, and document in this species (1) an unusual web design and (2) two dramatically different type of webs.

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Ingi Agnarsson and Jonathan A. Coddington "NOTES ON WEB AND WEB PLASTICITY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE OF ACHAEARANEA HIEROGLYPHICA (MELLO-LEITÃO) (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 34(3), 638-641, (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1636/06-26.1

Received: 19 May 2006; Published: 1 December 2006

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