Spider-Ant Associations: An Updated Review of Myrmecomorphy, Myrmecophily, and Myrmecophagy in Spiders

<table>Myrmecomorphy in spiders. (a) The model ant <i>Pseudomyrmex simplex </i>(Smith) and its mimic, (b) <i>Synemosyna petrunkevitchi </i>(Chapin) (Salticidae). Photos <svg height="11.85" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-0.19109pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 13.0375 11.85" width="13.0375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> Lyn Atherton, used by permission. (c) <i>Myrmarachne formicaria </i>(De Geer) (Salticidae) showing the enlarged chelicerae of the male. Photo <svg height="11.85" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-0.19109pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 13.0375 11.85" width="13.0375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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Figure 1: Spider-Ant Associations: An Updated Review of Myrmecomorphy, Myrmecophily, and Myrmecophagy in Spiders 