Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Araneomorphae Genus Bucranium Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Subphylum Chelicerata Family Thomisidae Scientific name Bucranium taurifrons Higher classification Bucranium Order Spider | |
Similar Aphantochilus, Diaea, Thomisidae | ||
Bucranium taurifrons is a species of ant-mimicking crab spiders from South America. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay.
Like the crab spider Aphantochilus, it mimic ants of the genus Cephalotes (probably C. atratus), which are their preferred prey. It also carries dead ants.
Name
Tauros means "bull" in Greek, frons is Latin for "front".
References
Bucranium taurifrons Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA