Amyciaea
| Amyciaea | |
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| Amyciaea lineatipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Amyciaea Simon, 1885 |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Amyciaea is a genus of crab spiders that mimics ants, their preferred prey.
A. albomaculata mimics its weaver ant prey (Oecophylla).
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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