Hyptiotes Explained

Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.

Feeding

Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment the spider releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk.^[1]

Species

• Hyptiotes affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
• Hyptiotes akermani Wiehle, 1964 — South Africa
• Hyptiotes analis Simon, 1892 — Sri Lanka
• Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada
• Hyptiotes dentatus Wunderlich, 2008 — France
• Hyptiotes fabaceus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
• Hyptiotes flavidus (Blackwall, 1862) — Mediterranean to Russia
• Hyptiotes gerhardti Wiehle, 1929 — Greece, southern Russia
• Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Canada, Alaska
• Hyptiotes himalayensis Tikader, 1981 — India
• Hyptiotes indicus Simon, 1905 — India
• Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic
• Hyptiotes puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
• Hyptiotes solanus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
• Hyptiotes tehama Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
• Hyptiotes xinlongensis Liu, Wang & Peng, 1991 — China

Notes and References

1. David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited