Stegodyphus mimosarum

African social velvet spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Eresidae
Genus:	Stegodyphus
Species:	S. mimosarum
Binomial name
	Stegodyphus mimosarum; Pavesi, 1883

Stegodyphus mimosarum, the African social velvet spider, is a species of the genus Stegodyphus, one of the velvet spiders. It is a social species, which is found in South Africa and Madagascar.[1] The genome sequence was published in 2014.[2] Similar to closely related species such as Stegodyphus sarasinorum, S. mimosarum engages in communal living which involves remaining with the same colony even when prey availability is low, moving away in order to expand the nest not due to lack of food.

References

Jes Johannesen, Yael Lubin, Deborah R. Smith, Trine Bilde, Jutta M. Schneider (2007), "The age and evolution of sociality in Stegodyphus spiders: a molecular phylogenetic perspective", Proc Biol Sci, 274: 231–37, doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3699, PMC 1685853, PMID 17148252CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Kristian W. Sanggaard et al. (2014), "Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk", Nature Communications, 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms4765, PMC 4273655, PMID 24801114, 3765CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

External links

World Spider Catalog: Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883

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[1] Jes Johannesen, Yael Lubin, Deborah R. Smith, Trine Bilde, Jutta M. Schneider (2007), "The age and evolution of sociality in Stegodyphus spiders: a molecular phylogenetic perspective", Proc Biol Sci, 274: 231–37, doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3699, PMC 1685853, PMID 17148252CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[2] Kristian W. Sanggaard et al. (2014), "Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk", Nature Communications, 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms4765, PMC 4273655, PMID 24801114, 3765CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)