Anatea

Anatea is an ant-mimicking genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1927.^[2] As of May 2020^[update] it contains three species, found in Australia and on New Caledonia:

• Anatea^[1]

• Anatea elongata
• Anatea formicaria
• Anatea monteithi

Anatea
Anatea formicaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Anatea Berland, 1927[1]
Type species
A. formicaria Berland, 1927
Species
A. elongata Smith, 2017 – Australia (Queensland) A. formicaria Berland, 1927 – New Caledonia A. monteithi Smith, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)

Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the comb-footed spiders in 1967.^[3] Previously considered as a genus with a single species, two new species were identified in tropical Australia in 2017. Myrmecomorphy is found amongst the salticids and Corinnidae families, but it is unusual amongst other theridiids.^[4]

See also

• List of Theridiidae species