Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Zodariidae Scientific name Habronestes bradleyi Rank Species | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Genus Habronestes Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | |
Similar Zodarion, Ant spider, Meat ant, Iridomyrmex, Myrmarachne | ||
Habronestes bradleyi is a spider species of the Zodariidae family.
Like most Zodariidae, H. bradleyi is an ant-eating spider. It detects the alarm pheromone of ants to locate them. It raises its forelegs, which contain the chemoreceptors to detect the pheromone. However, they themselves also mimic the pheromone.
Distribution
H. bradleyi is a species from Australia.
References
Habronestes bradleyi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA