Augustaea
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Augustaea is a genus
of jumping spider
s. The single described species Augustaea formicaria is only found in Singapore
.
Szombathy described both sexes of this ant-like
species, with both about six millimeters long, and put them close to Agorius
. His drawings suggest that A. formicaria might belong to Orsima
. However, no study was published on it since its first description in 1915.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of jumping spider
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
s. The single described species Augustaea formicaria is only found in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.
Szombathy described both sexes of this ant-like
Ant mimicry
Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape...
species, with both about six millimeters long, and put them close to Agorius
Agorius
Agorius is a genus of the spider family Salticidae .Undescribed species have been found in Malaysia and Sabah. No new species were described for about one hundred years, with two new species found in the early 2000s....
. His drawings suggest that A. formicaria might belong to Orsima
Orsima
Orsima is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .O. ichneumon has been suggested to be a Polyrhachis ant mimic in reverse, however a recent study dismissed this.-Species:...
. However, no study was published on it since its first description in 1915.