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Species Mastophora cornigera

Bolas spider - Mastophora cornigera - female

Mastophora spider - Mastophora cornigera

parasitized orb weaver - Mastophora cornigera - female

small spider mimics bird dropping - Mastophora sp? - Mastophora cornigera

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Mastophora (Bolas Spiders)

Species cornigera (Mastophora cornigera)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 May, 2006 - 9:50am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 14 August, 2015 - 7:53am

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