Ordgarius is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[4] 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.[5]

Ordgarius
Female Ordgarius sexspinosus
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: Ordgarius
Keyserling, 1886[1]
Type species
O. monstrosus
Keyserling, 1886
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Dicrostichus Simon, 1895[2]
  • Euglyptila Simon, 1909[3]
  • Notocentria Thorell, 1894

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Davies, V. T. (1988). "An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 25: 316.
  3. ^ Levi, H. W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 376.
  4. ^ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Arachniden Australiens.
  5. ^ Levi, H.W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.