Editing Ant spider (section)

{{Short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range={{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}
| name=Ant spiders
| image=Mallinella.fulvipes.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
| image_caption=Female ''[[Mallinella fulvipes]]''
| display_parents=2
| taxon=Zodariidae
| authority=[[Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell|Thorell]], 1881<ref name=WSC_gl109/>
| diversity_link=List of Zodariidae species
| diversity=90 genera, 1259 species
| diversity_ref=<ref name=WSC_stats/>
| range_map=Distribution.zodariidae.1.png
}}
[[File:Palindroma morogorom paratype male dorsal.jpg|thumb|Male ''[[Palindroma morogorom]]'']]
[[Image:Mallinella.shimojanai.female.-.tanikawa.jpg|thumb|Female ''[[Mallinella shimojanai]]'']]

'''Ant spiders''' are members of the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Zodariidae'''. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed [[spider]]s found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia, and the Indian subcontinent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1664|title=Zodariidae ant spiders|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> Most species are daytime hunters and live together with ants, [[mimicking]] their behavior and sometimes even their chemical traits.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/9038/articles|title=zodariid ground spiders|website=EOL-Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref>