''Cerocida'' is a spider genus known only from tropical South America. Both sexes of ''C. strigosa'' have a

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

with posterior stalk and raised reticulate pattern, and long legs. The female has a body length of 1.5mm, while males are even 1.7mm; normally spider males are at least slightly smaller than females. Specimens were collecting by sifting litter. The species is probably an

ant mimic Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators that rely on vision to identify their prey, such as birds and wasps, normally avoid them, because they are either un ...

References

* (1963): The Spider Genera ''Cerocida'', ''Hetschkia'', ''Wirada'' and ''Craspedisia'' (Araneae: Theridiidae). '' Psyche'' 70: 170-179
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* (2007)

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