Cerocida

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

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| image_caption = Male Cerocida strigosa

| taxon = Cerocida

| authority = Simon, 1894

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Cerocida is a spider genus known only from tropical South America.

Both sexes of C. strigosa have a cephalothorax with posterior stalk and raised reticulate pattern, and long legs. The female has a body length of 1.5mm, while males are even 1.7mm; normally spider males are at least slightly smaller than females. Specimens were collecting by sifting litter. The species is probably an ant mimic.

References

  • {{aut|Levi, Herbert W.}} (1963): The Spider Genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70: 170-179. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060926103958/http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-170.pdf PDF]
  • {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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Category:Spiders of South America

Category:Theridiidae

Category: Theridiidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon

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