Exechocentrus
| Exechocentrus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtarachninae s.l. |
| Genus: | Exechocentrus Simon, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| E. lancearius Simon, 1889
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| Species | |
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Exechocentrus is a genus of Madagascan orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are bolas-using spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web.