World Spider Catalog

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. Australomimetus Heimer, 1986 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03317

In synonymy:

Australomimetus andreae Heimer, 1989 = Australomimetus daviesianus Heimer, 1986 (Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 243)

Australomimetus atricinctus (Urquhart, 1892) = Australomimetus mendicus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Chamberlain, 1946: 89, sub Mimetus)

Australomimetus annulipes Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005649

Australomimetus annulipes Heimer, 1986: 118, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus audax (Hickman, 1929) | | Australia (Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005733

Mimetus audax Hickman, 1929: 107, pl. 17, f. 4-5 (Df) Original description

Mimetus audax Hickman, 1967: 50, f. 87-89 (f)

Australomimetus audax Harms & Harvey, 2009a: 193, f. 1A-E (f, T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) | | Southern Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005734

Mimetus aurioculatus Hickman, 1929: 110, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus aurioculatus Harms & Harvey, 2009a: 194, f. 2A-F, 3A-B (mf, T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus aurioculatus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 247, f. 2A-E, 5A-D, 6C-E, 7A-D, 8A-F, 28A (mf)

Australomimetus burnetti Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005650

Australomimetus burnetti Heimer, 1986: 118, f. 7-9 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus catulli (Heimer, 1989) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005740

Mimetus catulli Heimer, 1989: 433, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Australomimetus catulli Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 244, f. 29A (Tm from Mimetus)

Australomimetus childersiensis Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005651

Australomimetus childersiensis Heimer, 1986: 120, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus daviesianus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005652

Australomimetus daviesianus Heimer, 1986: 121, f. 11-13 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus andreae Heimer, 1989: 434, f. 5-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005648]

Australomimetus daviesianus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 243 (S of Australomimetus andreae)

Australomimetus diabolicus Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042530

Australomimetus diabolicus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 250, f. 1A, 10A-E, 11A-D, 28B, J (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus djuka Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042531

Australomimetus djuka Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 253, f. 12A-D, 13A-D, 28G (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus dunlopi Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042532

Australomimetus dunlopi Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 256, f. 14A-C, 28C (Df) Original description

Australomimetus hannemanni (Heimer, 1989) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005750

Mimetus hannemanni Heimer, 1989: 434, f. 3-4 (Dm) Original description

Australomimetus hannemanni Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 244 (T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus hartleyensis Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005653

Australomimetus hartleyensis Heimer, 1986: 121, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus hartleyensis Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 270, f. 29C (m)

Australomimetus hertelianus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005654

Australomimetus hertelianus Heimer, 1986: 123, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus hirsutus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005655

Australomimetus hirsutus Heimer, 1986: 129, f. 32-36 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus japonicus (Uyemura, 1938) | | Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005758

Mimetus japonicus Uyemura, 1938b: 93, f. 3a-d, pl. 8 (Df) Original description

Mimetus japonicus Yaginuma, 1954d: 16, f. 20-23 (f)

Mimetus japonicus Namkung, 1964: 36, f. 21 (f)

Mimetus japonicus Paik, 1978e: 288, f. 125.1-4 (f)

Mimetus japonicus Yaginuma, 1986a: 62, f. 32.7 (mf)

Mimetus japonicus Chikuni, 1989b: 61, f. 4 (mf)

Mimetus japonicus Seo, 2003: 21, f. 1-3 (m)

Mimetus japonicus Yoshida & Tanikawa, 2009: 251, f. 9-10 (mf)

Australomimetus japonicus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 244 (T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus japonicus Kim & Lee, 2013: 13, f. 3A-D (mf)

Australomimetus kioloensis Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005656

Australomimetus kioloensis Heimer, 1986: 123, f. 16 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus maculosus (Rainbow, 1904) | | Australia (Queensland to Tasmania), New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005657

Mimetus maculosus Rainbow, 1904c: 330, f. 40-42, pl. 46, f. 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus maculosus Heimer, 1986: 124, f. 17-23 (mf, T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus maculosus Harms & Harvey, 2009a: 194, f. 5A-F, 6A-E (mf)

Australomimetus mendax Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042520

Australomimetus mendax Harms & Harvey, 2009a: 198, f. 8A-B, 9A-E (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus mendicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005766

Mimetus mendicus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 697, pl. 53, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Mimetus atri-cinctus Urquhart, 1892b: 234 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057645]

Mimetus mendicus Bryant, 1935d: 83, pl. 13, f. 28-29 (Dm)

Mimetus mendicus Chamberlain, 1946: 89 (S of Mimetus atricinctus)

Mimetus mendicus Forster & Platnick, 1984: 96, f. 307, 377-383, 385-388, 391-393 (mf)

Australomimetus mendicus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 244 (T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus miniatus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005658

Australomimetus miniatus Heimer, 1986: 131, f. 37-40 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus nasoi Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042533

Australomimetus nasoi Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 257, f. 15A-D, 28E (Dm) Original description

Australomimetus pseudomaculosus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005659

Australomimetus pseudomaculosus Heimer, 1986: 124, f. 24-25 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus raveni Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005660

Australomimetus raveni Heimer, 1986: 126, f. 26 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus robustus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005661

Australomimetus robustus Heimer, 1986: 127, f. 27 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus sennio (Urquhart, 1891) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005779

Linyphia sennio Urquhart, 1891a: 137, pl. 21, f. 15-16 (Dmf) Original description

Mimetus senio Dalmas, 1917a: 389

Australomimetus sennio Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 244 (T from Mimetus)

Australomimetus sennio Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 39, f. 16.1, 5 (f)

Australomimetus sennio Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 145, f. 1B, 4F, 11I (m)

Australomimetus spinosus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005662

Australomimetus spinosus Heimer, 1986: 133, f. 41-44 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus spinosus Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 259, f. 17A-D, 18A-F (mf)

Australomimetus stephanieae Harms & Harvey, 2009 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042534

Australomimetus stephanieae Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 263, f. 20A-E, 21A-B, 28D (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus subspinosus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005663

Australomimetus subspinosus Heimer, 1986: 133, f. 45 (Df) Original description

Australomimetus sydneyensis Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005664

Australomimetus sydneyensis Heimer, 1986: 128, f. 28-31 (Dmf) Original description

Australomimetus tasmaniensis (Hickman, 1929) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005700

Ero tasmaniensis Hickman, 1929: 114, f. 8-9 (Dmf) Original description

Ero tasmaniensis Heimer, 1986: 133, f. 48-50 (mf)

Australomimetus tasmaniensis Harms & Harvey, 2009a: 201, f. 11A-C, 12A-D (mf, T from Ero)

Australomimetus tasmaniensis Harms & Harvey, 2009b: 264, f. 23A-D, 24A-F, 28H (mf)

Australomimetus triangulosus Heimer, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005665

Australomimetus triangulosus Heimer, 1986: 135, f. 46-47 (Df) Original description