Genus Uloborus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References

Feather-legged Spider - Uloborus - female

Feathered-legged Spider - Uloborus - female

Uloborus egg sac and spiderlings - Uloborus

Uloborus glomosus with babies - Uloborus glomosus - female

Adolescent Male Uloborus - Uloborus glomosus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb Weavers)

Genus Uloborus

Explanation of Names

From Greek ouloboros (ουλοβορος)- "with deadly bite"

Ironically, this genus- like the rest of its family, and unlike most or all other spiders- has no venom.

Numbers

4 species in the USA

Range

campestratus (cinereus) - USA - Florida and gulf states, eastern and southern Mexico.

diversus - USA - Widespread in the western US from Oregon, Utah and eastern Arizona south into western Mexico.

glomosus - USA - Widespread in the the eastern US, north into southern Canada, south into Mexico.

segregatus - USA - Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and adjacent Mexico.

Remarks

Some species from this genus were moved to Philoponella.

Internet References

~ digitallibrary.amnh.org - Detailed descriptions, maps & drawings. Muma & Gertsch, 1964 (PDF).

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Chuck Entz
Last updated 13 May, 2011 - 11:38am

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