Nephilengys

Nephilengys
	Nephilengys sp.
Systematics
Class :	Arachnids (arachnida)
Order :	Spiders (Araneae)
Subordination :	Real spiders (Araneomorphae)
Superfamily :	Orb web spiders (Araneoidea)
Family :	Silk spiders (Nephilidae)
Genre :	Nephilengys
Scientific name
	Nephilengys
	L. Koch , 1872

Nephilengys is a genus of tropical true spiders from the family of silk spiders (Nephilidae). The genus was formerly also placed in the families Real orb web spiders (Araneidae) and in the thick jaw spiders (Tetragnathidae). In some English-language sources this genus is also called hermit spiders (German: "Einsiedlerspinnen").

This genus builds a tubular retreat in their webs , which is used as soon as the spiders feel disturbed. As with the related genus Nephila , the females are much larger than the males. In Nephilengys malabariensis, for example, the females are 20 mm tall, whereas the males are only 4 mm.

Systematics and distribution

The genus currently only includes two species, as several species from Kuntner et al. in the new genus Nephilingis Kuntner , were spun off in 2013 . (As of December 2015)

Nephilengys malabarensis ( Walckenaer , 1842) - India to China , Philippines , Japan , Ambon
Nephilengys papuana Thorell , 1881 - New Guinea , Queensland

Web links

Commons : Nephilengys - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Nephilengys in the World Spider Catalog

C. Schuck-Paim: Orb-webs as extended phenotypes: Web design and size assessment in contests between Nephilengys cruentata females (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) . ( Memento from February 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ J. Wunderlich: Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extant subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. In: Contributions to Araneology. 3, 2004, pp. 956-997.
↑ M. Kuntner: Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). In: Zoologica Scripta. 35, 2006, pp. 19-62.
↑ http://arachnophiliac.co.uk/burrow/nephila_of_southern_africa.htm
↑ Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 16.5 - Nephilengys . Retrieved December 12, 2015.
↑ M. Kuntner, MA Arnedo, P. Trontelj, T. Lokovsek, I. Agnarsson: A revised taxonomy of eunuch spiders, genus Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872, and of hermit spiders, genus Nephilingis Kuntner new genus. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69, 2013, pp. 961-979.

[Wunderlich-1] J. Wunderlich: Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extant subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. In: Contributions to Araneology. 3, 2004, pp. 956-997.

[Kuntner-2] M. Kuntner: Phylogenetic systematics of the Gondwanan nephilid spider lineage Clitaetrinae (Araneae, Nephilidae). In: Zoologica Scripta. 35, 2006, pp. 19-62.

[arachnophiliac-3] ttp://arachnophiliac.co.uk/burrow/nephila_of_southern_africa.htm

[WSC-4] Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 16.5 - Nephilengys . Retrieved December 12, 2015.

[Kuntner_et_al.-5] M. Kuntner, MA Arnedo, P. Trontelj, T. Lokovsek, I. Agnarsson: A revised taxonomy of eunuch spiders, genus Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872, and of hermit spiders, genus Nephilingis Kuntner new genus. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69, 2013, pp. 961-979.