Ant spider

Short description: Family of spiders

Ant spiders

Temporal range: Palaeogene–present

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Female Mallinella fulvipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Suborder:  | Opisthothelae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Zodariidae
Thorell, 1881[1]
Diversity[2]
90 genera, 1259 species
Male Palindroma morogorom Female Mallinella shimojanai

Ant spiders are members of the family Zodariidae. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent.[3] Most species are daytime hunters and live together with ants, mimicking their behavior and sometimes even their chemical traits.[3] Although little is known about most zodariids, members of the genus Zodarion apparently feed only on ants; a number of other genera in the family are apparently also ant (or termite) specialists.[4]

## Genera

As of December 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]

* Acanthinozodium Denis, 1966
* Akyttara Jocqué, 1987
* Amphiledorus Jocqué & Bosmans, 2001
* Antillorena Jocqué, 1991
* Asceua Thorell, 1887
* Aschema Jocqué, 1991
* Asteron Jocqué, 1991
* Australutica Jocqué, 1995
* Ballomma Jocqué & Henrard, 2015
* Basasteron Baehr, 2003
* Caesetius Simon, 1893
* Cambonilla Jocqué, 2019
* Capheris Simon, 1893
* Cavasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2000
* Chariobas Simon, 1893
* Chilumena Jocqué, 1995
* Cicynethus Simon, 1910
* Colima Jocqué & Baert, 2005
* Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872
* Cybaeodamus Mello-Leitão, 1938
* Cydrela Thorell, 1873
* Cyrioctea Simon, 1889
* Diores Simon, 1893
* Dusmadiores Jocqué, 1987
* Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005
* Euasteron Baehr, 2003
* Euryeidon Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2004
* Forsterella Jocqué, 1991
* Habronestes L. Koch, 1872
* Heliconilla Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012
* Heradida Simon, 1893
* Heradion Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2004
* Hermippus Simon, 1893
* Hetaerica Rainbow, 1916
* Holasteron Baehr, 2004
* Indozodion Ovtchinnikov, 2006
* Ishania Chamberlin, 1925
* Lachesana Strand, 1932
* Laminion Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020
* Leprolochus Simon, 1893
* Leptasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2001
* Leviola Miller, 1970
* Lutica Marx, 1891
* Malayozodarion Ono & Hashim, 2008
* Mallinella Strand, 1906
* Mallinus Simon, 1893
* Masasteron Baehr, 2004
* Mastidiores Jocqué, 1987
* Microdiores Jocqué, 1987
* Minasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2000
* Murphydrela Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2022
* Neostorena Rainbow, 1914
* Nostera Jocqué, 1991
* Nosterella Baehr & Jocqué, 2017
* Notasteron Baehr, 2005
* Omucukia Koçak & Kemal, 2008
* Palaestina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
* Palfuria Simon, 1910
* Palindroma Jocqué & Henrard, 2015
* Parazodarion Ovtchinnikov, Ahmad & Gurko, 2009
* Pax Levy, 1990
* Pentasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2001
* Phenasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2001
* Platnickia Jocqué, 1991
* Procydrela Jocqué, 1999
* Psammoduon Jocqué, 1991
* Psammorygma Jocqué, 1991
* Pseudasteron Jocqué & Baehr, 2001
* Ranops Jocqué, 1991
* Rotundrela Jocqué, 1999
* Selamia Simon, 1873
* Spinasteron Baehr, 2003
* Spinozodium Zamani & Marusik, 2022
* Storena Walckenaer, 1805
* Storenomorpha Simon, 1884
* Storosa Jocqué, 1991
* Subasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2001
* Suffascar Henrard & Jocqué, 2017
* Suffasia Jocqué, 1991
* Suffrica Henrard & Jocqué, 2015
* Systenoplacis Simon, 1907
* Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
* Thaumastochilus Simon, 1897
* Tropasteron Baehr, 2003
* Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005
* Trygetus Simon, 1882
* Workmania Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012
* Zillimata Jocqué, 1995
* Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1968
* Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826

## See also

* List of Zodariidae species
* Myrmarachne, a genus of ant-mimicking spiders in the family Salticidae

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 (genus list)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genlist/109, retrieved 2017-04-28
2. ↑ "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/statistics/, retrieved 2017-04-28
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Zodariidae ant spiders". http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1664.
4. ↑ "zodariid ground spiders". https://eol.org/pages/9038/articles.

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