Tidarren sisyphoides

Tidarren sisyphoides is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae - the tangle web spiders.

Tidarren sisyphoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Tidarren
Species:
T. sisyphoides
Binomial name
Tidarren sisyphoides

The male of this species is only ~1% the size of the female. At copulation, the male dies during insertion and remains attached to the female for more than two hours. However, the female does not eat her mate. The dead male is afterwards removed from the web.

Etymology

From Sisyphos, a king in Greek mythology.

Distribution

Tidarren sisyphoides occurs from the southern United States to Colombia and on the West Indies.

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