TORTANAKHO (Aranei), jonvaroni bandpoyro guyand, ki ba tortanakshaklho mansuband. Andozaashon az 0,7 mm to 11 sm; rangashon gunogun. Hamai Tortanakho dar khushki (gayr az Tortanakhoi obi) zindagi karda, jonvaroni shabgard (faqat bazeashon ruzona faol) meboshand. Chashmonash (odatan 8-toand) faqat andoza va harakati chizhoro farq mekunand.
Khurokashon hasharot va digar jonvaroni bemuhra. Tortanakho jonvaroni judojinsaand. Tortanakho qarib 21 hazor namudand. Dar SSSR qarib 2 hazor az jumla dar Tojikiston 300 namudi Tortanakho (az 32 oila) vomekhurand. Aksari Tortanakho shirinchai pakhta, kanaho, pashshai bezgak va gayraro nobud mekunand; baze Tortanakho (makhsusan Tortanakhoi tropiki) zahrnok buda, baroi hayvonot va odam khatarnokand. Dar Tojikiston az Tortanakhoi zahrnok gunda va tarantul malumand, zahri gunda baroi odam bazan halokatovar ast.
Tasvir dar sahifai 400—401.
Adabiyot: Ivanov A. V., Pauki. L., 1965; Andreeva E. M., Pauki Tadjikistana, Dushanbe, 1976. A. P. Kononenko.