Celaenia
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Celaenia excavata with spherical eggs cocoons |
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Celaenia is a genus from the family of the true orb web spiders and comprises eleven species . The individual species are common in Australia , New Zealand and Tasmania . The best known is Celaenia excavata , which is called the bird dropping spider in Australia because it looks very similar to the droppings of birds. This form of mimesis protects the spiders from potential predators.
species
The genus currently comprises eleven species. (Status: February 2016)
- Celaenia atkinsoni ( O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1879) - distributed in: Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
- Celaenia calotoides Rainbow , 1908 - Distributed in: New South Wales
- Celaenia distincta ( O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1869) - distributed in: New South Wales , Tasmania
- Celaenia dubia ( O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1869) - distributed in: New South Wales, Victoria
- Celaenia excavata ( L. Koch , 1867) - distributed in: Australia, Tasmania
- Celaenia hectori ( O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1879) - distributed in: New Zealand
- Celaenia olivacea ( Urquhart , 1885) - distributed in: New Zealand
- Celaenia penna ( Urquhart , 1887) - common in: New Zealand
- Celaenia tuberosa ( Urquhart , 1889) - distributed in: New Zealand
- Celaenia tumidosa Urquhart , 1891 - distributed in: Tasmania
- Celaenia voraginosa Urquhart , 1891 - distributed in: Tasmania
Web links
Celaenia in the World Spider Catalog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Celaenia . Retrieved February 15, 2016.