Cyrtarachne ixoides

Bird Dropping Araneid Spider
Near Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cyrtarachne
Species:
C. ixoides
Binomial name
Cyrtarachne ixoides
(Simon, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Peltosoma ixoides Simon, 1870
  • Peltosoma tuberculiferum Simon, 1870
  • Peniza europaea Ausserer, 1871
  • Cyrtarachne tuberculiferum (Simon, 1870)
  • Cyrtarachne ixodoides Brignoli, 1967

Cyrtarachne ixoides is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It has a wide global distribution from the Mediterranean basin to Georgia and Madagascar, and is commonly known as the bird dropping araneid spider.

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