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Taxonomy
Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:105
Specimens with Sequences:78
Specimens with Barcodes:69
Species:17
Species With Barcodes:13
Public Records:14
Public Species:7
Public BINs:6
Castianeira:
Castianeira is a genus of spiders present in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas.
Some of its species mimic ants; others prey on them.
spider | model ant |
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C. cingulata | Camponotus planatus |
C. cubana | |
C. dentata | |
C. dubia | |
C. longipalpus | myrmicine or ponerine ant |
C. memnonia | Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery |
C. tenuiformis | |
C. rica | Atta sp., Odontomachus sp, etc. |
C. trilineata | Camponotus castaneus (Latreille) |
References [edit]
- Cushing P.E. (1997). Myrmecomorphy and myrmecophily in spiders: a review. Fla. Entomol. 80:165–193. PDF
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