Gelanor siquirres
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mimetidae
Genus: Gelanor
Species:
G. siquirres
Binomial name
Gelanor siquirres
Benavides & Hormiga, 2016[1]

Gelanor siquirres is a species of neotropical spiders from Costa Rica in the family Mimetidae.[1][2] It hunts by intercepting the lines orb weavers use to start their webs with its own silk lines, pursuing the captured weavers.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Gelanor siquirres Benavides & Hormiga, 2016". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. ↑ Benavides, Ligia R.; Hormiga, Gustavo (2016). "Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species<". Zootaxa. 4064 (1): 1–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395525.
  3. ↑ Brown, Elizabeth (21 October 2023). "A pirate spider's hunting trick revealed". ScienceNews. Retrieved 9 November 2023.


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