Cerocida
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| image = Cerocida.strigosa.png
| image_caption = Male Cerocida strigosa
| taxon = Cerocida
| authority = Simon, 1894
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Cerocida ducke Marques & Buckup, 1989
- Cerocida strigosa Simon, 1894
}}
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:Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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