Biology:Zygometis
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Zygometis Simon, 1901[1] |
| Species: | Z. xanthogaster
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| Zygometis xanthogaster (L. Koch, 1875)[1]
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Zygometis is a genus of spider in the family Thomisidae described by Simon in 1901, containing the sole species Zygometis xanthogaster, or the milky flower spider or white flower spider, with a distribution from Thailand to Australia (including Lord Howe Island).[1] They are ambush predators.
Description
They are cream-white in colour, with brownish-red lines on the cephalothorax and abdomen.[2] This coloration help them camouflage onto white flowers to ambush their prey.[2] Females are 6.5 mm, while males are 3 mm.[2]
Habitat
In Australia, they live from coastal forests to semi-arid areas.[3] It is recorded in altitudes up to 661.5m .[4]
Diet & ecology
They are "too small" to harm humans, and prey on insects by ambush.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Zygometis Simon, 1901". http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3753.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Flower Spider (Zygometis lactea)". https://www.ozanimals.com/Spider/Flower-Spider/Zygometis/lactea.html.
- ↑ "Zygometis xanthogaster (L. Koch, 1876) Milky Flower Spider". http://arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1942.
- ↑ "Zygometis xanthogaster sightings - Canberra Nature Map" (in en). https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Species/14131.
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