Cladomelea


Cladomelea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

Species

, this genus includes four species:Cladomelea akermani Hewitt, 1923 – South AfricaCladomelea debeeri Roff & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2004 – South AfricaCladomelea longipes – Cameroon, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa Cladomelea ornata Hirst, 1907 – Central Africa