Zodariidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Zodaroidea

Familia: Zodariidae
Subfamiliae: Cryptothelinae - Cydrelinae - Cyriocteinae - Lachesaninae - Storeninae - Storenomorphinae - Zodariinae -
Overview of genera

Akyttara – Amphiledorus – Antillorena – Asceua – Aschema – Asteron – Australutica – Basasteron – Caesetius – Cambonilla – Capheris – Cavasteron – Chariobas – Chilumena – Cicynethus – Colima – Cryptothele – Cybaeodamus – Cydrela – Cyrioctea – Diores – Dusmadiores – Epicratinus – Euasteron – Euryeidon – Forsterella – Habronestes – Heliconilla – Heradida – Heradion – Hermippus – Hetaerica – Holasteron – Indozodion – Ishania – Lachesana – Laminion – Leprolochus – Leptasteron – Lutica – Mallinella – Mallinus – Masasteron – Mastidiores – Microdiores – Minasteron – Neostorena – Nostera – Notasteron – Omucukia – Palaestina – Palfuria – Parazodarion – Pax – Pentasteron – Phenasteron – Platnickia – Procydrela – Psammoduon – Psammorygma – Pseudasteron – Ranops – Rotundrela – Selamia – Spinasteron – Storena – Storenomorpha – Storosa – Subasteron – Suffasia – Suffrica – Tenedos – Thaumastochilus – Tropasteron – Tropizodium – Trygetus – Zillimata – Zodariellum – Zodarion

Incertae sedis genera: †Adjutor – †Admissor – †Anniculus – Colima – Epicratinus – Tropizodium
Name

Zodariidae Thorell, 1881
Synonyms

Cryptothelidae L. Koch, 1872

References

Henrard, A. & Jocqué, R. 2015. On the new Afrotropical genus Suffrica with discovery of an abdominal gland and a dual femoral organ (Araneae, Zodariidae). Zootaxa 3972(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Jocqué, R. 1991. A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1–160. PDF
Jocqué, R., Jocqué, M., Stock, W., Rin, N. & Henrard, A. 2019. The new Southeast Asian genus Cambonilla gen. nov. (Zodariidae, Araneae): ‘bis repetita placent’. European Journal of Taxonomy 501: 1-24. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.501. Reference page.
Paquin, P.; Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N. 2010: Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050
Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020b. A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 707: 1–23. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.707. Open access. Reference page.
Wunderlich, J. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Zodariidae in Baltic amber, with remarks on their subfamilies including the Cryptothelinae and the Homalonychinae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3: 1578–1611.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Zodariid ground spider
中文: 拟平腹蛛科

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]
Genera

As of April 2017, 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
Capheris Simon, 1893
Cavasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2000
Chariobas Simon, 1893
Chilumena Jocqué, 1995
Cicynethus Simon, 1910
Colima Jocqué & Baert, 2005
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
Ishania Chamberlin, 1925
Lachesana Strand, 1932
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
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
Storena Walckenaer, 1805
Storenomorpha Simon, 1884
Storosa Jocqué, 1991
Subasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2001
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