Hololena curta

Hololena curta, commonly known as corner funnel weaver or funnel web spider, is a species of venomous spiders belonging to a family of Agelenidae.

Hololena curta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Hololena
Species:
H. curta
Binomial name
Hololena curta
(McCook, 1894)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Agelena curta McCook, 1894

It is native to Canada and the United States.[1]

This species and related species produce a venom that contains a group of insecticidal acylpolyamines, insecticidal peptide,[2] and a group of neurotoxins.[3]

Males have adapted to avoid sexual cannibalism by mating with virgin females, as both females and males can mate multiple times, but females become aggressive after having mated.[4]

References

  1. "Taxon details Hololena curta (McCook, 1894)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-07-15
  2. Quistad GB, Reuter CC, Skinner WS, Dennis PA, Suwanrumpha S, Fu EW (1991). "Paralytic and insecticidal toxins from the funnel web spider, Hololena curta". Toxicon. 29 (3): 329โ€“336. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(91)90286-z. PMID 2048147.
  3. Stapleton A, Blankenship DT, Ackermann BL, Chen TM, Gorder GW, Manley GD, Palfreyman MG, Coutant JE, Cardin AD (1990). "Curtatoxins. Neurotoxic insecticidal polypeptides isolated from the funnel-web spider Hololena curta". J Biol Chem. 265 (4): 2054โ€“2059. PMID 2298738.
  4. Xiao, Yong-Hong; Zunic-Kosi, Alenka; Zhang, Long-Wa; Prentice, Thomas R.; McElfresh, J. Steven; Chinta, Satya P.; Zou, Yun-Fan; Millar, Jocelyn G. (December 2015). "Male adaptations to minimize sexual cannibalism during reproduction in the funnel-web spider Hololena curta: Male spiders avoiding sexual cannibalism". Insect Science. 22 (6): 840โ€“852. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12243.
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