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Amyciaea

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Amyciaea is a genus of ant mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyThomisidae
Observations recorded764

Amyciaea is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Thomisidae (krabspinnen). Soorten Amyciaea albomaculata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) Amyciaea forticeps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) Amyciaea hesperia Simon, 1895 Amyciaea lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 Amyciaea orientalis Simon, 1909

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
35
Family
Thomisidae
Collections
DMNS, AM, QM, WAM, MAGNT
Recorded in
Trinidad And Tobago, Australia, Solomon Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thomisidae
Image
Thousand Hands (Spider).jpg
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Commons category
Amyciaea
taxon name
Amyciaea
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Amyciaea
taxon author citation
Simon, 1885
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Behaviour
  • Species
  • Distribution
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Amyciaea is a genus of ant mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.

They mimic weaver ants, their preferred prey.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amyciaea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.