Zygometis
Genus of spiders
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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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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]