Mimetidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mimetoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Mimetoidea

Familia: Mimetidae
Subfamiliae: Gelaninae - Melaenosiinae - Mimetinae - Oarcinae - †Protomimetinae

List of genera

Arocha – Arochoides – Australomimetus – Ermetus – Ero – Gelanor – Gnolus – Kratochvilia – Melaenosia – Mimetus – Oarces – Phobetinus – Reo – †Protomimetus

Name

Mimetidae Simon, 1881

Type genus: Mimetus Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1832

References

Benavides, L.R. & Hormiga, G. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 4064(1): 1–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1. Reference page.
Harms, D.; Dunlop, J.A. 2009: A revision of the fossil pirate spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Mimetidae). Palaeontology, 52: 779–802.
Harms, D.; Harvey, M.S. 2009: A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida: Mimetidae) with description of a new species. Journal of arachnology, 37: 188–205.
Harms, D.; Harvey, M.S. 2009: Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate systematics, 23: 231–280.
Jackson, R.R.; Whitehouse, M.E.A. 1986: The biology of New Zealand and Queensland pirate spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae): aggressive mimicry, araneophagy and prey specialization. Journal of zoology (A), 210: 279–303.
Rodrigues, E.N.L., Buckup, E.H. & Brescovit, A.D. 2016: New species, new records, and a key to the Brazilian species of Gelanor (Araneae: Mimetidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(4): 1-14. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160034. Reference page.
Paquin, P.; Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N. 2010: Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050
Wunderlich, J. 2011. Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1–640. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Pirate Spiders
日本語: センショウグモ科
한국어: 해방거미과
Nederlands: Spinneneters
中文: 拟态蛛科

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