Mimetidae Simon, 1881

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the older name Ctenophoridae Blackwall, 1870a: 401 is not available, as Ctenophora Blackwall, 1870 is preoccupied in Diptera by Meigen, 1803; see also the notes under Heterognatha and Testudinaria (Araneidae); Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimitidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15; re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).
Gen. Arocha Simon, 1893 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03315
N.B.: misplaced in the Mimetidae, belongs to the Theridiidae, but not formally transferred (Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 178).
Arocha erythrophthalma Simon, 1893 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005645
Arocha erythrophthalma Simon, 1893e: 325 (Df) Original description
Arocha rochai Mello-Leitão, 1941 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005646
Arocha rochai Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 245 (Df) Original description

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