Bucranium taurifrons
Bucranium taurifrons is a species of ant-mimicking crab spiders from South America. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay.[1]
| Bucranium taurifrons | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Bucranium |
| Species: | B. taurifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucranium taurifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881)[1] | |
Like the crab spider Aphantochilus, it mimic ants of the genus Cephalotes (probably C. atratus), which are their preferred prey. It also carries dead ants.
Name
Tauros means "bull" in Greek, frons is Latin for "front".
References
- "Taxon details Bucranium taurifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25
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