''Hyptiotes'' is a

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of spiders in the

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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.David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited

Species

* '' Hyptiotes affinis'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan * '' Hyptiotes akermani'' Wiehle, 1964 — South Africa * '' Hyptiotes analis'' Simon, 1892 — Sri Lanka * '' Hyptiotes cavatus'' (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada * '' Hyptiotes dentatus'' Wunderlich, 2008 — France * '' Hyptiotes fabaceus'' Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China * '' Hyptiotes flavidus'' (Blackwall, 1862) — Mediterranean to Russia * '' Hyptiotes gerhardti'' Wiehle, 1929 — Greece, southern Russia * '' Hyptiotes gertschi'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA, Canada, Alaska * '' Hyptiotes himalayensis'' Tikader, 1981 — India * '' Hyptiotes indicus'' Simon, 1905 — India * '' Hyptiotes paradoxus'' (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic * '' Hyptiotes puebla'' Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA * '' Hyptiotes solanus'' Dong, Zhu & Yoshida, 2005 — China * '' Hyptiotes tehama'' Muma & Gertsch, 1964 — USA * '' Hyptiotes xinlongensis'' Liu, Wang & Peng, 1991 — China

References

Uloboridae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Africa Spiders of North America Spiders of Europe Araneomorphae genera {{Uloboridae-stub