Castianeira

Castianeira

Taxobox
name = "Castianeira"


image_caption =
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Corinnidae
genus = "Castianeira"
genus_authority = Keyserling, 1879
diversity_link = List of Corinnidae species#Castianeira
diversity = 131 species
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "C. cingulata"
"C. cubana"
"C. dentata"
"C. dubia"
"C. memnonia"
"C. tenuiformis"
"C. rica"
"C. trilineata"
"many more"

"Castianeira" is a genus of spiders that occur in the America, Eurasia and Africa.

Some species mimic ants, and some of these prey on them.

References

* Cushing P.E. (1997). Myrmecomorphy and myrmecophily in spiders: a review. "Fla. Entomol." 80:165–193. [http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe80p165.pdf PDF]


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