Castianeira

Castianeira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
Species
C. cingulata C. cubana C. dentata C. dubia C. memnonia C. tenuiformis C. rica C. trilineata many more
Diversity
131 species

Castianeira is a genus of spiders present in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas.

Some of its species mimic ants; others prey on them.

Ant-mimicking *Castianeira spp.*
spider	model ant
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. cingulata	style="background:"EBEBEB" \| Camponotus planatus
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. cubana	style="background:"EBEBEB" \|
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. dentata	style="background:"EBEBEB" \|
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. dubia	style="background:"EBEBEB" \|
C. longipalpus	myrmicine or ponerine ant
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. memnonia	style="background:"EBEBEB" \| Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. tenuiformis	style="background:"EBEBEB" \|
C. rica	Atta sp., Odontomachus sp, etc.
style="background:"EBEBEB" \| C. trilineata	style="background:"EBEBEB" \| Camponotus castaneus (Latreille)

References

Cushing P.E. (1997). Myrmecomorphy and myrmecophily in spiders: a review. Fla. Entomol. 80:165–193. PDF

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