Amyciaea

Amyciaea is a genus of ant mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.[2]

Amyciaea
Amyciaea lineatipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Amyciaea
Simon, 1885[1]
Type species
A. forticeps
Species

5, see text

They mimic weaver ants, their preferred prey.[2]

Species

As of June 2020 it contains five species, found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania:[1]

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

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Amyciaea Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. III. Arachnides recueillis en 1884 dans la presqu'île de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Arachnides recueillis à Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 10: 436–462.

Further reading
  • Sen, S.; et al. (2015). "Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of Reserve Forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary". World Scientific News. 20: 1–339.
  • Sunil Jose, K.; et al. (2003). "Description of female Amyciaea forticeps (Cambridge), Araneae: Thomisidae, with a redescription of its male from Kerala, India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 100: 157–160.
  • Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
  • Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S. (1997). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing. p. 259.
  • Tang, L. R.; Song, D. X. (1988). "New records of spiders of the family Thomisidae from China (Araneae)". Sichuan Journal of Zoology. 7 (3): 13–15.
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