Aphantochilus

Aphantochilus

Taxobox
name = "Aphantochilus"


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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Thomisidae
genus = "Aphantochilus"
genus_authority = O. P-Cambridge, 1870
diversity_link = List of Thomisidae species#Aphantochilus
diversity = 3 species
range_

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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Aphantochilus" is a small genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders from Central to South America.

The three known species mimic ants of the genus "Cephalotes" (probably "C. atratus"), which are their preferred prey.

"A. rogersi" is a polymorphic mimic: some individuals use "C. atratus" as a model species, while others resemble "Zacryptocerus pusillus". It also carries dead ants.

pecies

* "Aphantochilus cambridgei" Canals, 1933 (Argentina)
* "Aphantochilus inermipes" Simon, 1929 (Brazil)
* "Aphantochilus rogersi" O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (Panama to Paraguay)


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