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Anatea

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Anatea
Anatea formicaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Anatea
Berland, 1927[1]
Type species
A. formicaria
Berland, 1927
Species

Anatea is an ant-mimicking genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1927.[2] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in Australia and on New Caledonia:

Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the comb-footed spiders in 1967.[3] Previously considered as a genus with a single species, two new species were identified in tropical Australia in 2017. Myrmecomorphy is found amongst the salticids and Corinnidae families, but it is unusual amongst other theridiids.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Anatea Berland, 1927". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Berland, L. (1927). "Sur une araignée myrmécomorphe de Nouvelle Calédonie". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1927: 52–55.
  3. ^ Reiskind, J.; Levi, H. W. (1967). "Anatea, an ant-mimicking theridiid spider from New Caledonia (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 74: 20.
  4. ^ Smith, Helen M.; Harvey, Mark S.; Agnarsson, Ingi; Anderson, Gregory J. (2017). "Notes on the ant-mimic genus Anatea Berland (Araneae: Theridiidae) and two new species from tropical Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 69 (1): 1–13. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1672.