Bucranium taurifrons
| Bucranium taurifrons | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Bucranium O. P-Cambridge, 1881 |
| Species: | B. taurifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucranium taurifrons O. P-Cambridge, 1881 | |
Bucranium taurifrons is a species of ant-mimicking crab spiders from South America, the only species in the genus Bucranium. It is found in Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay.
Like the crab spider Aphantochilus, it mimic ants of the genus Cephalotes (probably C. atratus), which are their preferred prey. It also carries dead ants.
Name
Tauros means "bull" in Greek, frons is Latin for "front".
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