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L. Holmberg in 1876.[3] They can be identified by a pair of lumps on the dorsal surface of the opisthosoma, though not all males will have these lumps.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Adult females of the genus snare prey mid-air by using a silk line with an adhesive blob on the end, similar to bolas used by South American gauchos. They feed on flying insects, particularly moths, sometimes releasing pheromones that mimic those of their prey to attract them. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.[4][2]Mastophora spiders have extreme sexual size dimorphism: adult females reach 0,75 inches (19 mm), while adult males are smaller than 0,067 inches (1,7 mm). These spiders reach maturity after two instars, or fewer. Cephalothorax often with dorsal protuberances, frequently paired. Female abdomen large, wider than long, an occasion has dorsal humps or lobes. Prey specialization by means of aggressive chemical mimicry.[5]Species[edit]    As of April\u00a02019[update] it contains fifty species:[1]Mastophora abalosi Urtubey & B\u00e1ez, 1983 \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora alachua Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora alvareztoroi Ibarra & Jim\u00e9nez, 2003 \u2013 USA, MexicoMastophora apalachicola Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora archeri Gertsch, 1955 \u2013 USAMastophora bisaccata (Emerton, 1884) \u2013 USA, MexicoMastophora brescoviti Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilMastophora caesariata Eberhard & Levi, 2006 \u2013 Costa RicaMastophora carpogaster Mello-Leit\u00e3o, 1925 \u2013 BrazilMastophora catarina Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilMastophora comma B\u00e1ez & Urtubey, 1985 \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora conica Levi, 2006 \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora conifera (Holmberg, 1876) \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora cornigera (Hentz, 1850) \u2013 USA to NicaraguaMastophora corpulenta (Banks, 1898) \u2013 Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, BrazilMastophora corumbatai Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilMastophora cranion Mello-Leit\u00e3o, 1928 \u2013 BrazilMastophora diablo Levi, 2003 \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981 \u2013 Colombia, PeruMastophora escomeli Levi, 2003 \u2013 PeruMastophora extraordinaria Holmberg, 1876 \u2013 Brazil, Uruguay, ArgentinaMastophora fasciata Reimoser, 1939 \u2013 Costa Rica, VenezuelaMastophora felda Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora felis Piza, 1976 \u2013 BrazilMastophora gasteracanthoides (Nicolet, 1849) \u2013 ChileMastophora haywardi Birab\u00e9n, 1946 \u2013 ArgentinaMastophora holmbergi Canals, 1931 \u2013 Paraguay, ArgentinaMastophora hutchinsoni Gertsch, 1955 \u2013 USA, CanadaMastophora lara Levi, 2003 \u2013 VenezuelaMastophora leucabulba (Gertsch, 1955) \u2013 USA to HondurasMastophora leucacantha (Simon, 1897) \u2013 BrazilMastophora longiceps Mello-Leit\u00e3o, 1940 \u2013 BrazilMastophora melloleitaoi Canals, 1931 \u2013 Brazil, ArgentinaMastophora obtusa Mello-Leit\u00e3o, 1936 \u2013 BrazilMastophora pesqueiro Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilMastophora phrynosoma Gertsch, 1955 \u2013 USAMastophora pickeli Mello-Leit\u00e3o, 1931 \u2013 BrazilMastophora piras Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilMastophora rabida Levi, 2003 \u2013 Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)Mastophora reimoseri Levi, 2003 \u2013 ParaguayMastophora satan Canals, 1931 \u2013 Brazil, Uruguay, ArgentinaMastophora satsuma Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora seminole Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora soberiana Levi, 2003 \u2013 PanamaMastophora stowei Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora timuqua Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora vaquera Gertsch, 1955 \u2013 CubaMastophora yacare Levi, 2003 \u2013 UruguayMastophora yeargani Levi, 2003 \u2013 USAMastophora ypiranga Levi, 2003 \u2013 BrazilReferences[edit]^ a b c “Gen. Mastophora Holmberg, 1876”. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.^ a b c “Genus Mastophora”. BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-13.^ Holmberg, E. L. (1876). “Ar\u00e1cnidos argentinos”. Anales de Agricultura de la Rep\u00fablica Argentina. 4: 1\u201330.^ Levi, H.W. (2003). “The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309\u2013382.^ Norman, I. Platnick (2020). Spiders of the World: A Natural History. London: Ivy Press. p.\u00a0158. ISBN\u00a0978-1-78240-750-8.     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