Subfamily of arachnids
Simonellini is a tribe of spiders belonging to the Amycoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae of the family Salticidae. The group has been treated at a variety of formal and informal ranks, with different circumscriptions, including as the subfamilies Synemosyninae and Simonellinae. Its species mimic ants and beetles.
Description.
The tribe contains three genera of ant mimics, including the genus "Synemosyna", whose species mimic the ant "Pseudomyrmex". It also contains the genus "Cylistella", whose species mimic beetles. The monophyly of the tribe has been demonstrated in molecular phylogenetic studies, but morphological synapomorphies have not been identified.
Taxonomy.
The group was first named by Peckham, Peckham &amp; Wheeler in 1889. It was one of three groups they placed within the subfamily now called Lyssomaninae and then only included the genus "Simonella", now recognized as a junior synonym of "Synemosyna". At various times it was elevated to a subfamily, either as Synemosyninae or Simonellinae. In Maddison's 2015 classification of the Salticidae, it is treated as tribe.
Genera.
The tribe includes four genera:
References.
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