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 Simon, 1890a: 81 (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 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); the subfamily Gelanorinae Mello-Leitão, 1935b: 327 is regarded as valid by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52.
Gen. Melaenosia Simon, 1906 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03322
type Melaenosia pustulifera Simon, 1906; gender feminine
N.B.: misplaced in the Mimetidae, belongs to the Theridiidae, but not formally transferred (Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 178).
Melaenosia pustulifera Simon, 1906 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005730 TYPE SPECIES
Melaenosia pustulifera Simon, 1906c: 285 (Df) Original description

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