Damastes (spider)
Script error: No such module "about". Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Damastes is a genus of East African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[1] It is classified under the family Sparassidae, though its subfamilial classification remains unclear.[2][3] The subspecies Damastes coquereli affinis is a nomen dubium.[4]
Species
since September 2019[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". it contains sixteen species, found on the Seychelles, in Mozambique, and on Madagascar:[5]
- Damastes atrignathus Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Damastes coquereli Simon, 1880 – Madagascar
- Damastes decoratus (Simon, 1897) – Madagascar
- Damastes fasciolatus (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar
- Damastes flavomaculatus Simon, 1880 – Madagascar
- Damastes grandidieri Simon, 1880 (type) – Madagascar
- Damastes majungensis Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
- Damastes malagassus (Fage, 1926) – Madagascar
- Damastes malagasus (Karsch, 1881) – Madagascar
- Damastes masculinus Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Damastes nigrichelis (Strand, 1907) – Mozambique
- Damastes nossibeensis Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
- Damastes oswaldi Lenz, 1891 – Madagascar
- Damastes pallidus (Schenkel, 1937) – Madagascar
- Damastes sikoranus Strand, 1906 – Madagascar
- Damastes validus (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
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An unspecified Damastes species has been observed in the Sava Region of northeast Madagascar predating on vertebrates (frogs, Heterixalus andrakata).[6][7][8] The same spider - and others of the same species - also build structures of leaves and silk and hide in the back of them.[6][7][8] It is speculated that these are traps for catching these frogs.[6][7][8]
See also
References
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