| Amyciaea | |
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| Amyciaea lineatipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Amyciaea Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. forticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Amyciaea is a genus of ant mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885.[2]
They mimic weaver ants, their preferred prey.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. III. Arachnides recueillis en 1884 dans la presqu'île de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Arachnides recueillis à Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 10: 436–462.