''Anelosimus guacamayos'' is a species of social
cobweb spider
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...
that occurs in the lower Ecuadorian sierra.
The live in large nests (1–2 meters in width), and are found in
disturbed areas. Like
rain forest
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...
cobweb spiders, they cooperate in the capture of prey and building of a communal nest.
References
Theridiidae
Spiders described in 2006
Spiders of South America
Invertebrates of Ecuador
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