ancient among the salticoids, or are a very strongly divergent offshoot of one of the more conventional tribes – ant mimicry has evolved convergently 5 to 10 times in the salticoids. The Baviini (Bavia, Stagetillus and possibly Piranthus) have a far less unusual appearance and at a casual glance resemble Marpissoida, which are mostly found in and around North America; the yellow-green Itata from South America are singular marpissoids of tribe Dendryphantini which except in the tell-tale synapomorphic details look almost like baviines. Whether this is similarity is superficial, atavistic or genuinely plesiomorphic is also still unresolved. References Salticidae