Editing Ant spider

{{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>

==Genera==
{{As of|2024|11}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepted the following genera:<ref name=WSC_gl109/>
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*''[[Acanthinozodium]]'' <small>Denis, 1966</small>
*''[[Akyttara]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1987</small>
*''[[Amphiledorus]]'' <small>Jocqué & Bosmans, 2001</small>
*''[[Antillorena]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Asceua]]'' <small>Thorell, 1887</small>
*''[[Aschema]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Asteron]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Australutica]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1995</small>
*''[[Ballomma]]'' <small>Jocqué & Henrard, 2015</small>
*''[[Basasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2003</small>
*''[[Caesetius]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Cambonilla]]'' <small>Jocqué, 2019</small>
*''[[Capheris]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Cavasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2000</small>
*''[[Chariobas]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Chilumena]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1995</small>
*''[[Cicynethus]]'' <small>Simon, 1910</small>
*''[[Colimarena (spider)|Colimarena]]'' <small>Jocqué & Baert, 2021</small>
*''[[Cryptothele (spider)|Cryptothele]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1872</small>
*''[[Cybaeodamus]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1938</small>
*''[[Cydrela]]'' <small>Thorell, 1873</small>
*''[[Cyrioctea]]'' <small>Simon, 1889</small>
*''[[Diores (spider)|Diores]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Dusmadiores]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1987</small>
*''[[Epicratinus]]'' <small>Jocqué & Baert, 2005</small>
*''[[Euasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2003</small>
*''[[Euryeidon]]'' <small>Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2004</small>
*''[[Forsterella]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Habronestes]]'' <small>L. Koch, 1872</small>
*''[[Heliconilla]]'' <small>Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012</small>
*''[[Heradida]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Heradion]]'' <small>Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2004</small>
*''[[Hermippus (spider)|Hermippus]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Hetaerica]]'' <small>Rainbow, 1916</small>
*''[[Holasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2004</small>
*''[[Indozodion]]'' <small>Ovtchinnikov, 2006</small>
*''[[Ishania]]'' <small>Chamberlin, 1925</small>
*''[[Lachesana]]'' <small>Strand, 1932</small>
*''[[Laminion]]'' <small>Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020</small>
*''[[Leprolochus]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Leptasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2001</small>
*''[[Leviola]]'' <small>Miller, 1970</small>
*''[[Lutica]]'' <small>Marx, 1891</small>
*''[[Malayozodarion]]'' <small>Ono & Hashim, 2008</small>
*''[[Mallinella]]'' <small>Strand, 1906</small>
*''[[Mallinus]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small>
*''[[Masasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2004</small>
*''[[Mastidiores]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1987</small>
*''[[Microdiores]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1987</small>
*''[[Minasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2000</small>
*''[[Murphydrela]]'' <small>Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2022</small>
*''[[Neostorena]]'' <small>Rainbow, 1914</small>
*''[[Nostera]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Nosterella]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2017</small>
*''[[Notasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2005</small>
*''[[Omucukia]]'' <small>Koçak & Kemal, 2008</small>
*''[[Palaestina (spider)|Palaestina]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872</small>
*''[[Palfuria]]'' <small>Simon, 1910</small>
*''[[Palindroma]]'' <small>Jocqué & Henrard, 2015</small>
*''[[Parazodarion]]'' <small>Ovtchinnikov, Ahmad & Gurko, 2009</small>
*''[[Pax (spider)|Pax]]'' <small>Levy, 1990</small>
*''[[Pentasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2001</small>
*''[[Phenasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2001</small>
*''[[Platnickia]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Procydrela]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1999</small>
*''[[Psammoduon]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Psammorygma]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Pseudasteron]]'' <small>Jocqué & Baehr, 2001</small>
*''[[Ranops]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Rotundrela]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1999</small>
*''[[Selamia]]'' <small>Simon, 1873</small>
*''[[Spinasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2003</small>
*''[[Spinozodium]]'' <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2022</small>
*''[[Storena]]'' <small>Walckenaer, 1805</small>
*''[[Storenomorpha]]'' <small>Simon, 1884</small>
*''[[Storosa]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Subasteron]]'' <small>Baehr & Jocqué, 2001</small>
*''[[Suffascar]]'' <small>Henrard & Jocqué, 2017</small>
*''[[Suffasia]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1991</small>
*''[[Suffrica]]'' <small>Henrard & Jocqué, 2015</small>
*''[[Systenoplacis]]'' <small>Simon, 1907</small>
*''[[Tenedos (spider)|Tenedos]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897</small>
*''[[Thaumastochilus]]'' <small>Simon, 1897</small>
*''[[Tropasteron]]'' <small>Baehr, 2003</small>
*''[[Tropizodium]]'' <small>Jocqué & Churchill, 2005</small>
*''[[Trygetus]]'' <small>Simon, 1882</small>
*''[[Workmania]]'' <small>Dankittipakul, Jocqué & Singtripop, 2012</small>
*''[[Zillimata]]'' <small>Jocqué, 1995</small>
*''[[Zodariellum]]'' <small>Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1968</small>
*''[[Zodarion]]'' <small>Walckenaer, 1826</small>
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==See also==
* [[List of Zodariidae species]]
* ''[[Myrmarachne]]'', a genus of ant-mimicking spiders in the family [[Salticidae]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=WSC_gl109>{{citation |title=Family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 (genus list) |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genlist/109 |access-date=2024-11-29 }}</ref>

<ref name=WSC_stats>{{citation |title=Currently valid spider genera and species |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/statistics/ |access-date=2017-04-28 }}</ref>
}}

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