List of Mimetidae species

This page lists all described species of the spider family Mimetidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021:^[1]

Anansi[]

Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017

(Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 (type) — DR Congo, Gabon
(Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa

Arocha[]

Arocha Simon, 1893

Simon, 1893 (type) — Peru, Brazil
Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil

Australomimetus[]

Australomimetus Heimer, 1986

Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
(Hickman, 1929) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
(Hickman, 1929) — Southern Australia
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
(Heimer, 1989) — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
(Heimer, 1989) — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
(Uyemura, 1938) — Korea, Japan
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
(Rainbow, 1904) (type) — Australia (Queensland to Tasmania), New Zealand
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) — New Zealand
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
(Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
(Hickman, 1929) — Australia
Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)

Ero[]

Ero C. L. Koch, 1836

E. aphana (Walckenaer, 1802) — Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran. Introduced to St. Helena, Réunion, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), China, Philippines, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
Brignoli, 1978 — Bhutan
E. cambridgei Kulczyński, 1911 — Canary Is., Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Korea, Japan
Wang, 1990 — China
E. canionis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
Simon, 1895 — South Africa
Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
Emerit, 1996 — Comoros, Seychelles
Thaler, 2004 — Ivory Coast
Thaler & van Harten, 2004 — Yemen
Simon, 1881 — Canary Is., Portugal to Greece (Corfu), Ukraine, Russia (Caucasus), Turkey, Israel
E. furcata (Villers, 1789) — Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkmenistan, Japan
Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
Wang, 1990 — China
Yin & Bao, 2012 — China
Baert & Maelfait, 1984 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Yin & Bao, 2012 — China
Xu, Wang & Wang, 1987 — China
Strand, 1918 — Japan
Paik, 1967 — Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
Barrientos, 2017 — Portugal, Spain
Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
Unzicker, 1966 — South Africa
E. leonina (Hentz, 1850) — USA
Archer, 1941 — USA
Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Ivie & Barrows, 1935 — USA
Kulczyński, 1905 — Madeira
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Lissner, 2016 — Spain (Majorca)
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
(Nicolet, 1849) — Chile, Argentina
Lissner, 2018 — Canary Is.
(De Geer, 1778) (type) — Europe, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Central Asia, China
Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
† E. longitarsus Wunderlich, 2004
† E. clunis Wunderlich, 2012
† E. gracilitibialis Wunderlich, 2012
† E. veta Wunderlich, 2012
† E. carboneana Petrunkevitch, 1942
† E. permunda Petrunkevitch, 1942
† E. rovnoensis Wunderlich, 2004
† E. sphaerica Koch and Berendt, 1854

Gelanor[]

Gelanor Thorell, 1869

Keyserling, 1893 — Brazil, Argentina
Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016 — Brazil
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico, Costa Rica to Bolivia
G. fortuna Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Panama
Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016 — Brazil
Chamberlin, 1916 — Peru
G. juruti Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
(Keyserling, 1881) — Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua to Bolivia
G. moyobamba Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Peru
Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
G. siquirres Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Costa Rica
G. waorani Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
(C. L. Koch, 1845) (type) — Mexico to Uruguay

Kratochvilia[]

Kratochvilia Strand, 1934

K. pulvinata (Simon, 1907) (type) — São Tomé and Príncipe

Melaenosia[]

Melaenosia Simon, 1906

M. pustulifera Simon, 1906 (type) — India

Mimetus[]

Mimetus Hentz, 1832

Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
Chickering, 1947 — Panama
M. bifurcatus Reimoser, 1939 — Costa Rica
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 — Mexico, Panama
Caporiacco, 1949 — Kenya
Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
Wang, 1990 — China
Schmidt & Krause, 1994 — Comoros
(Zeng, Irfan & Peng, 2019) — China
Lawrence, 1947 — South Africa
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Guatemala
Mello-Leitão, 1943 — Brazil
Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico, Antigua
Wang, 1990 — China
M. epeiroides Emerton, 1882 — USA
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
Lessert, 1930 — Congo
Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA
M. hesperus Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil, Paraguay
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Mexico
Bryant, 1948 — Hispaniola
Simon, 1906 — India
(Simon, 1909) — Vietnam
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Peru, Brazil
Wang, 1990 — China
(Keyserling, 1863) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016 — China
(Brignoli, 1979) — Kenya
Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Archer, 1950 — USA
M. notius Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
M. puritanus Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Costa Rica, Panama
Brignoli, 1975 — Philippines
Chickering, 1947 — Panama
Yoshida, 1993 — Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
Chickering, 1956 — Panama
M. sagittifer (Simon, 1895) — Sri Lanka
Song & Zhu, 1993 — China
M. strinatii Brignoli, 1972 — Sri Lanka
Hentz, 1832 (type) — USA, Mexico
- M. s. molestus Chickering, 1937 — Mexico
Yaginuma, 1960 — Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Gajbe, 1992 — India
Archer, 1941 — USA
(Keyserling, 1879) — Peru, Brazil
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Panama
Liang & Wang, 1991 — China
Chickering, 1956 — Panama
Chickering, 1947 — Panama
Brignoli, 1980 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016 — China
Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
† M. bituberculatus Wunderlich, 1988
† M. brevipes Wunderlich, 2004
† M. longipes Wunderlich, 2004

† Protomimetus[]

† Wunderlich, 2011^[2]

† P. breviclypeus Wunderlich, 2011
† P. longiclypeus Wunderlich, 2011

References[]

^ "Family: Mimetidae Simon,1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
^ Behrensmeyer, A. K.; Turner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic occurrences of Suidae recorded in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

[NMBE-1] "Family: Mimetidae Simon,1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

[fossil-2] Behrensmeyer, A. K.; Turner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic occurrences of Suidae recorded in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

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