Amyciaea

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iAmyciaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Amyciaea
Simon, 1885
Diversity
5 species
Species

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Amyciaea is a genus of crab spiders that mimics ants, their preferred prey.

A. albomaculata mimics its weaver ant prey (Oecophylla).

[edit] Species

  • Amyciaea albomaculata (O. P-Cambridge, 1874) (Australia, New Guinea)
  • Amyciaea forticeps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) (India, China to Malaysia)
  • Amyciaea hesperia Simon, 1895 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast)
  • Amyciaea lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Singapore, Sumatra)
  • Amyciaea orientalis Simon, 1909 (Vietnam)

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