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Spider myrmecophile | Ant host | Notes on biology | References |
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Linyphiidae | | | |
Diastanillus pecuarius (Simon) | Formica cf. fusca L. and F. lemani Bondroit | Found under stone near ants. | [64, 65] |
Pseudomaro aenigmaticus Denis | Lasius flavus (Fabricius) | Associated with nests. | [65] |
Syedra myrmicarum (Kulczynski) | Manica rubida (Latreille) and Formica sp. | Found under stone near ants. | [64, 65] |
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Oonopidae | | | |
Dysderina principalis (Keyserling) | Labidus praedator (Smith) (publ. as Eciton praedator) | Found inside nests. | [66] |
Gamasomorpha maschwitzi Wunderlich | Leptogenys processionalis distinguenda (Emery) (publ. as L. distinguenda) | Found inside nests. Chemical mimic. Phoretic. Follows emigration trails of hosts. Builds webs inside nest. | [65, 67–69] |
Gamasomorpha wasmanniae Mello-Leitão | Eciton sp. | Found inside nests. | [70] |
Xestaspis loricata (L. Koch) (publ. as G. loricata) | Myrmecia dispar (Clark) | Found inside nests. | [71] |
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Salticidae | | | |
Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling) | Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) | Lives inside nest. Is chemical mimic of ant. Feeds on ant larvae by using tactile mimicry. | [72–76] |
Phintella piatensis Barrion and Litsinger | O. smaragdina | Lives in proximity to ants. | [77] |
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Theridiidae | | | |
Eidmannella pallida (Emerton) | Atta sexdens (L.) | Lives in old fungus chambers of nest. | [78] |
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