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
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Hyptiotes affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
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Hyptiotes akermani Wiehle, 1964 — South Africa
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Hyptiotes analis Simon, 1892 — Sri Lanka
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Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada
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Hyptiotes dentatus Wunderlich, 2008 — France
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Hyptiotes fabaceus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
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Hyptiotes flavidus (Blackwall, 1862) — Mediterranean to Russia
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Hyptiotes gerhardti Wiehle, 1929 — Greece, southern Russia
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Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Canada, Alaska
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Hyptiotes himalayensis Tikader, 1981 — India
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Hyptiotes indicus Simon, 1905 — India
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Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic
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Hyptiotes puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
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Hyptiotes solanus Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China
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Hyptiotes tehama Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA
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Hyptiotes xinlongensis Liu, Wang & Peng, 1991 — China
References
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^ David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited
