Castianeira

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Castianeira
Species: C. abuelita – C. adhartali – C. alata – C. alba – C. albivulvae – C. albomaculata – C. albopicta – C. alfa – C. alteranda – C. amiantis – C. amoena – C. antinorii – C. arcistriata – C. argentina – C. arnoldii – C. athena – C. atypica – C. azteca – C. badia – C. bartholini – C. bengalensis – C. bicolor – C. brevis – C. brunellii – C. buelowae – C. carvalhoi – C. cecchii – C. chrysura – C. cincta – C. cingulata – C. claveroensis – C. crocata – C. crucigera – C. cubana – C. cyclindracea – C. daoxianensis – C. delicatula – C. deminuta – C. dentata – C. depygata – C. descripta – C. dorsata – C. drassodidoides – C. dubia – C. dugesi – C. flavimaculata – C. flavipatellata – C. flavipes – C. flebilis – C. floridana – C. formosula – C. fulvipes – C. furva – C. fusconigra – C. gaucha – C. gertschi – C. guapa – C. himalayensis – C. hongkong – C. indica – C. inquinata – C. insulicola – C. isophthalma – C. kibonotensis – C. lachrymosa – C. leptopoda – C. littoralis – C. longipalpa – C. loricifera – C. luctifera – C. luctuosa – C. luteipes – C. maculata – C. majungae – C. memnonia – C. mestrali – C. mexicana – C. micaria – C. minensis – C. munieri – C. nanella – C. obscura – C. occidens – C. onerosa – C. patellaris – C. peregrina – C. phaeochroa – C. pictipes – C. plorans – C. polyacantha – C. pugnax – C. pulcherrima – C. quadrimaculata – C. quadritaeniata – C. quechua – C. rica – C. rothi – C. rubicunda – C. rugosa – C. russellsmithi – C. rutilans – C. salticina – C. scutata – C. setosa – C. sexmaculata – C. shaxianensis – C. similis – C. soyauxi – C. spinipalpis – C. stylifera – C. tenuiformis – C. tenuis – C. teres – C. thalia – C. thomensis – C. tinae – C. trifasciata – C. trilineata – C. trimac – C. truncata – C. valida – C. variata – C. venusta – C. venustula – C. virgulifera – C. vittatula – C. vulnerea – C. walsinghami – C. xanthomela – C. zembla – C. zetes – C. zionis
Name

Castianeira Keyserling, 1879

Type species: Castianeira rubicunda Keyserling, 1879, by monotypy
References
Primary references

Keyserling, E. 1879. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 29: 293–349. [335]

Additional references

Platnick, N.I. 2009. World Spider Catalog, version 18.5 American Museum of Natural History.
Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019. New synonymies and transfers in Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from India. Zootaxa 4623(2): 331–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.7. Reference page.
Sankaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J., Mathew, M.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015. Castianeira furva sp. nov. (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), a new polymorphic ground sac spider from the southern Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3964(5): 569–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Sankaran, P.M., Melamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2018. Redescription of Castianeira zetes Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4457(3): 487–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.11 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
한국어: 나나니거미속

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Castianeira
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Ant-mimic Spider - Castianeira longipalpa, SERC, Edgewater, Maryland.jpg
Castianeira longipalpa in Maryland, United States
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Castianeira
Keyserling, 1879[1]
Type species
C. rubicunda
Keyserling, 1879
Species

127, see text
Synonyms[1]

Geotrecha Emerton, 1890[2]
Micariaulax Becker, 1879[2]
Pedo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[3]
Thargalia Karsch, 1880[4]
Tylophora Pavesi, 1880[2]

Castianeira is a genus of ant-like corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1879.[5] They are found in Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, but are absent from Australia. Twenty-six species are native to North America,[6] and at least twice as many are native to Mexico and Central America.[1]
Contents

1 Description
2 Mimicry
2.1 Ant mimicry
3 Species
4 References
5 Further reading

Description

Spiders of this genus have eight eyes in two procurved rows, the upper row slightly wider than the lower row. This distinguishes them from species of Micaria that almost always have straight rows of eyes.[6] The opisthosoma is not constricted,[7] and has an elongate to oval shape to mimic that of ants. In addition to the ant-like coloration, the abdomen has white scale-like setae. The rear pair of legs are the longest, and the front pair are second longest.[8]
Mimicry

Some species mimic specific groups of ants, while others only have generic body modifications to look more ant-like, such as an elongated body or a carapace pattern that creates the illusion of a third body segment. Some mimic ant behavior as well, waving their front two legs as if they were antennae or bobbing their abdomen to look more ant-like.[9] Certain species found in Texas mimic fire ants to prey on them, while some species use Batesian mimicry, appearing like velvet ants to take advantage of their aposematism in order to deter predators.[8]
Ant mimicry

Known ant-spider mimicry:

C. cingulata – short carpenter ants
C. longipalpus – myrmicine or ponerine ants
C. memnonia – Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery
C. rica – Atta sp, Odontomachus sp, and others
C. trilineata – reddish carpenter ants (Latreille)

Species

As of April 2019 it contains 127 species:[1]

C. abuelita Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
C. adhartali Gajbe, 2003 – India
C. alata Muma, 1945 – New England (USA)
C. alba Reiskind, 1969 – Costa Rica, Panama
C. albivulvae Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
C. albomaculata Berland, 1922 – Kenya
C. albopicta Gravely, 1931 – India
C. alfa Reiskind, 1969 – Southern California and Arizona
C. alteranda Gertsch, 1942 – Central USA, Canada (Saskatchewan and British Columbia)
C. amiantis Butt & Beg, 2001 – Pakistan
C. amoena (C. L. Koch, 1841) – USA, Mexico
C. antinorii (Pavesi, 1880) – Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt
C. arcistriata Yin, Xie, Gong & Kim, 1996 – China
C. argentina Mello-Leitão, 1942 – Argentina
C. arnoldii Charitonov, 1946 – Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
C. athena Reiskind, 1969 – Southern California, Mexico
C. atypica Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
C. azteca Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico
C. badia (Simon, 1877) – Portugal, Spain
C. bartholini Simon, 1901 – East Africa
C. bengalensis Biswas, 1984 – India
C. bicolor (Simon, 1890) – East Africa
C. brevis Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
C. brunellii Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
C. buelowae Mello-Leitão, 1946 – Paraguay
C. carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
C. cecchii (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia, East Africa
C. chrysura Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
C. cincta (Banks, 1929) – Panama
C. cingulata (C. L. Koch, 1841) – USA, Canada
C. claveroensis Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
C. coquito Rubio, Zapata & Grismado, 2015 – Argentina
C. crocata (Hentz, 1847) – USA
C. crucigera (Hentz, 1847) – USA
C. cubana (Banks, 1926) – Cuba, Panama, USA (Southern tip of Texas and Florida)
C. cyclindracea Simon, 1896 – Brazil
C. daoxianensis Yin, Xie, Gong & Kim, 1996 – China
C. delicatula Simon, 1910 – Sierra Leone
C. dentata Chickering, 1937 – Panama
C. descripta (Hentz, 1847) – Eastern USA, Canada
C. dorsata (Banks, 1898) – Southern Arizona, Mexico
C. drassodidoides Strand, 1915 – Israel
C. dubia (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico to Panama
C. dubia Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
C. dugesi (Becker, 1879) – Mexico
C. flavimaculata Hu, Song & Zheng, 1985 – China
C. flavipatellata Yin, Xie, Gong & Kim, 1996 – China
C. flebilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
C. floridana (Banks, 1904) – Florida, Cuba
C. formosula Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
C. furva Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2015 – India
C. fusconigra Berland, 1922 – Kenya
C. gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
C. gertschi Kaston, 1945 – USA, Canada
C. guapa Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
C. himalayensis Gravely, 1931 – India
C. hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 – China
C. indica Tikader, 1981 – India
C. inquinata (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
C. insulicola Strand, 1916 – East Africa
C. isophthalma Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
C. lachrymosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
C. leptopoda Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
C. littoralis Mello-Leitão, 1926 – Brazil
C. longipalpa (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
C. luctifera Petrunkevitch, 1911 – Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico
C. luctuosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
C. luteipes Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
C. maculata Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
C. majungae Simon, 1896 – Madagascar
C. memnonia (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Panama
C. mexicana (Banks, 1898) – New Mexico, Mexico
C. micaria (Simon, 1886) – Senegal
C. minensis Mello-Leitão, 1926 – Brazil
C. munieri (Simon, 1877) – Morocco, Algeria
C. nanella Gertsch, 1933 – Arizona, Mexico
C. obscura Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
C. occidens Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico, Southwest United States
C. onerosa (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
C. patellaris Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
C. peregrina (Gertsch, 1935) – Southern Texas, Mexico
C. phaeochroa Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
C. pictipes Mello-Leitão, 1942 – Argentina
C. plorans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
C. polyacantha Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
C. pugnax Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
C. pulcherrima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Andes
C. quadrimaculata Reimoser, 1934 – India
C. quadritaeniata (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java), Philippines
C. quechua Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
C. rica Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico to Costa Rica
C. rothi Reiskind, 1969 – Southern Arizona, Mexico
C. rubicunda Keyserling, 1879 (type) – Colombia
C. rugosa Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
C. russellsmithi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
C. rutilans Simon, 1896 – Brazil
C. salticina (Taczanowski, 1874) – French Guiana
C. scutata Schmidt, 1971 – Brazil
C. setosa Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
C. sexmaculata Mello-Leitão, 1926 – Brazil
C. shaxianensis Gong, 1983 – China, Korea, Japan
C. similis (Banks, 1929) – Mexico to Panama
C. soyauxi (Karsch, 1879) – Congo
C. spinipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
C. stylifera Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
C. tenuiformis Simon, 1896 – Bolivia, Paraguay
C. tenuis Simon, 1896 – Brazil
C. teres Simon, 1897 – Paraguay
C. thalia Reiskind, 1969 – California, Oregon
C. thomensis Simon, 1910 – São Tomé and Príncipe
C. tinae Patel & Patel, 1973 – India, China
C. trifasciata Yin, Xie, Gong & Kim, 1996 – China
C. trilineata (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
C. trimac Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
C. truncata Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
C. valida Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
C. variata Gertsch, 1942 – USA, Canada
C. venusta (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala
C. venustula (Pavesi, 1895) – Ethiopia
C. virgulifera Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
C. vittatula Roewer, 1951 – Brazil
C. vulnerea Gertsch, 1942 – Eastern United States
C. walsinghami (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA, Canada
C. xanthomela Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
C. zembla Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico
C. zetes Simon, 1897 – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
C. zionis (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) – Utah

References

"Gen. Castianeira Keyserling, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. pp. 167–172. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1899), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, p. 81
Keyserling, E. (1887). "Neue Spinnen aus America. VII". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 376.
Keyserling, E. (1879). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 29: 293–349.
"Genus Castianeira". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 0-9771439-0-2.
Reiskind, J. (1969). "The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 138: 188–257.

"Ant Mimic Spider". Brandeis University. Retrieved 2019-05-18.