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]
| Ant spiders Temporal range:
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| Female Mallinella fulvipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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Genera
editAs 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
- Colimarena Jocqué & Baert, 2021
- 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
edit- List of Zodariidae species
- Myrmarachne, a genus of ant-mimicking spiders in the family Salticidae
References
edit- ^ a b "Family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 (genus list)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-28
- ^ "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-28
- ^ a b "Zodariidae ant spiders". Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "zodariid ground spiders". EOL-Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2019-11-02.