The five species of
Palindroma are found in central and eastern Africa, including Tanzania, Malawi,
and the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Species have
individuals range from 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in) in body length.
The specific name of
each species (Palindroma aleykyela, Palindroma avonova, Palindroma morogorom, Palindroma
obmoimiombo, and Palindroma sinis) is a palindrome, a word that reads the same
backwards or forwards.
World Spider Catalog
(version 2016):
Palindroma aleykyela
Rudy Jocqué & A. Henrard, 2015
— Tanzania, Malawi
Palindroma avonova
Rudy Jocqué & A. Henrard, 2015 — Tanzania
Palindroma morogorom
Rudy Jocqué & A. Henrard, 2015 — Tanzania (Udzungwa Mountains and the
Uluguru Mountains). The holotype male measures 8.02 mm and the paratype female
measures 9.30 mm. Its species name was given to it in reference to the place of
its discovery, the Morogoro region
Palindroma obmoimiombo
Rudy Jocqué & A. Henrard, 2015 — Congo
Palindroma sinis Rudy Jocqué & A. Henrard, 2015 — Tanzania
Ant spiders
Ant spiders are small
to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical
regions of South the world.
Most species are
daytime hunters and live together with ants, mimicking their behavior and
sometimes even their chemical traits.
Although little is
known about most zodariids, members of the genus Zodarion apparently feed only
on ants; a number of other genera in the family are apparently also ant (or
termite) specialists.
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