Amyciaea
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Amyciaea is a genus of crab spiders that mimics ants, their preferred prey.
A. albomaculata mimics its weaver ant prey (Oecophylla).
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- Amyciaea albomaculata (O. P-Cambridge, 1874) (Australia, New Guinea)
- Amyciaea forticeps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) (India, China to Malaysia)
- Amyciaea hesperia Simon, 1895 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast)
- Amyciaea lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Singapore, Sumatra)
- Amyciaea orientalis Simon, 1909 (Vietnam)
