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title: "Ant-like Crab Spider"
description: "Amyciaea forticeps — Insetos e aranhas. Amyciaea forticeps is a species of ant-mimicking crab spider in the family Thomisidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ant-like-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ant-like Crab Spider

> Amyciaea forticeps — Insetos e aranhas. Amyciaea forticeps is a species of ant-mimicking crab spider in the family Thomisidae.

- Scientific name: *Amyciaea forticeps*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1252
- Wikidata: [Q2466639](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466639)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146711)

## Names

- en: Ant-like Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

HK (316), IN (264), SG (92), KH (34), CN (24), ID (16), MY (16), LK (10), TH (10)

## Summary

Amyciaea forticeps is a species of ant-mimicking crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It is found across Asia, ranging from India and China to Malaysia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyciaea_forticeps

## Photo

![Ant-like Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ant-like-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: aditya_j · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118744888

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ant-like-crab-spider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).