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Guides

• Frontinella

  Bowl and Doily Spiders

  Frontinella is a genus of dwarf spiders in the family Linyphiidae, first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902. The genus contains nine described species distributed across China, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States. The best-known member, F. communis (formerly F. pyramitela), is recognized by its distinctive bowl-and-doily web architecture. These spiders are small-bodied, with mature females measuring 3–4 mm. Some species exhibit behavioral thermoregulation through solar orientation and cohabitation behavior between males and females.

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• Nicrophorus mexicanus

  Mexican burying beetle

  Nicrophorus mexicanus is a burying beetle in the family Silphidae, described by Matthews in 1888. The species is distributed across the southwestern United States and Central America, including Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. As a member of the genus Nicrophorus, it exhibits the characteristic behavior of burying small vertebrate carcasses to serve as food for developing larvae.

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