Cerocida

Cerocida
Cerocida
male C. strigosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Cerocida
Species
  • Cerocida ducke Marques & Buckup, 1989
  • Cerocida strigosa Simon, 1894

Cerocida is a spider genus known only from tropical South America.

Both sexes of C. strigosa have a cephalothorax with posterior stalk and raised reticulate pattern, and long legs. The female has a body length of 1.5mm, while males are even 1.7mm; normally spider males are at least slightly smaller than females. Specimens were collecting by sifting litter. The species is probably an ant mimic.

References

  • Levi, Herbert W. (1963): The Spider Genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70: 170-179. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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