Thaumastochilus termitomimus

Thaumastochilus termitomimus

Taxobox
name = "Thaumastochilus termitomimus"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Zodariidae
genus = "Thaumastochilus"
species = "T. termitomimus"
binomial = "Thaumastochilus termitomimus"
binomial_authority = Jocqué, 1994

"Thaumastochilus termitomimus" is a spider species of the Zodariidae family. Unlike other zodariid spiders, which mostly hunt and sometimes look like ants, "T. termitomimus" mimics termites.

Distribution

"T. termitomimus" occurs in South Africa.

References

* Jocqué R. (1994). A termite mimicking spider: "Thaumastochilus termitomimus" n. sp. (Araneae, Zodariidae)." J. afr. Zool." 108:321-327.


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