Gen.
Mimetus
Hentz, 1832
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03323
type Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832; gender masculine
N.B.: type species (by monotypy) is
M. syllepsicus Hentz, 1832, not
M. interfector Hentz, 1850 (
Bryant, 1947a: 48); considered a senior synonym of
Ctenophora Blackwall, 1870a: 401 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06278] (type
C. monticola Blackwall, 1870 =
Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863)) by
Simon, 1873a: 78;
Ctenancala Thorell, 1873: 602 is a replacement name for
Ctenophora [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06279] (preoccupied in Diptera by Meigen, 1803) and considered a synonym of
Mimetus by
Bonnet, 1957: 2917; considered a senior synonym of
Phobetinus Simon, 1895a: 947 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03325] (type
P. sagittifer Simon, 1895) and of
Reo Brignoli, 1979k: 923 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03326] (type
R. latro Brignoli, 1979) by
Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 169.
Transferred to other genera:
Mimetus atricinctus Urquhart, 1892 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus audax Hickman, 1929 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus aurioculatus Hickman, 1929 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus catulli Heimer, 1989 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus hannemanni Heimer, 1989 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus insidiator Thorell, 1899 -- see
Anansi
Mimetus japonicus Uyemura, 1938 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus maculosus Rainbow, 1904 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus mendicus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus natalensis Lawrence, 1938 -- see
Anansi
Mimetus sennio (Urquhart, 1891) -- see
Australomimetus
Mimetus tikaderi Gajbe, 1992 -- see
Agroeca
In synonymy:
Mimetus dissimulatus
(Walckenaer, 1841, T from Araneus) = Mimetus syllepsicus
Hentz, 1832
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 57, sub Mimetus interfector)
Mimetus interfector
Hentz, 1850 = Mimetus syllepsicus
Hentz, 1832
(Archer, 1941a: 186, sub Mimetus interfector)
Mimetus monticola
(Blackwall, 1870) = Mimetus laevigatus
(Keyserling, 1863)
(Simon, 1873a: 78)
Mimetus tuberosus
Hentz, 1850 = Mimetus syllepsicus
Hentz, 1832
(Keyserling, 1886b: 6, sub Mimetus interfector)
Mimetus aktius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
|
| USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005731
Mimetus antillensis Sherwood, Mukhida & Connor, 2026
|
| Anguilla
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066793
Mimetus antillensis Sherwood, Mukhida & Connor in
Sherwood et al., 2026c: 16, f. 7A-J (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus arushae Caporiacco, 1947
|
| Tanzania
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005732
Mimetus banksi Chickering, 1947
|
| Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005735
Mimetus bifurcatus Reimoser, 1939
|
| Costa Rica
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005736
Mimetus bifurcatus Reimoser, 1939: 335, f. 1 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus bigibbosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
|
| Mexico, Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005737
Mimetus bishopi Caporiacco, 1949
|
| Kenya
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005738
Mimetus brasilianus Keyserling, 1886
|
| Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005739
Mimetus bucerus Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051178
Mimetus caudatus Wang, 1990
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005741
Mimetus caudatus Wang, 1990a: 42, f. IV.4-5 (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus clavatus Liu, Xu, Hormiga & Yin, 2021
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053394
Mimetus comorensis Schmidt & Krause, 1994
|
| Comoros
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005742
Mimetus contrarius (Zeng, Irfan & Peng, 2019)
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051696
Mimetus cornutus Lawrence, 1947
|
| Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005743
Mimetus cornutus Lawrence, 1947: 16, f. 8a-b (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus crudelis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
|
| Guatemala
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005744
Mimetus debilispinis Mello-Leitão, 1943
|
| Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005745
Mimetus dentatus Liu, Xu, Hormiga & Yin, 2021
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053395
Mimetus dentatus Liu et al., 2021d: 14, f. 11A-K, 12A-F, 13A-D, 14A-D, 15A-F (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus dimissus Petrunkevitch, 1930
|
| Puerto Rico, Antigua
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005746
Mimetus echinatus Wang, 1990
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005747
Mimetus echinatus Wang, 1990a: 44, f. IV.6-10 (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus epeiroides Emerton, 1882
|
| Canada, USA. Introduced to Galapagos
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005748
Mimetus epeiroides Emerton, 1882: 17, pl. 3, f. 4 (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus epeiroides Kaston, 1948: 276, f. 883-884, 892, 908 (
mf, revalidation confirmed)
Mimetus eutypus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
|
| USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005797
Mimetus fernandi Lessert, 1930
|
| DR Congo
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005749
Mimetus fernandi Lessert, 1930: 623, f. 7 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus guiyang J. S. Zhang, Yu & Xu, 2025
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064516
Mimetus guiyang J. S. Zhang, Yu & Xu in
Zhang et al., 2025c: 720, f. 6A-G, 14B (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus haynesi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940
|
| USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005751
Mimetus hesperus Chamberlin, 1923
|
| Canada, USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005752
Mimetus hieroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1929
|
| Brazil, Paraguay
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005753
Mimetus hirsutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
|
| Mexico
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005754
Mimetus hispaniolae Bryant, 1948
|
| Hispaniola
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005755
Mimetus hispaniolae Bryant, 1948b: 395, f. 79-80 (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus indicus Simon, 1906
|
| India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005756
Mimetus investis (Simon, 1909)
|
| Vietnam
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005795
Phobetinus investis Simon, 1909e: 120 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus juhuaensis (Xu, Wang & Wang, 1987)
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005683
Mimetus juhuaensis Liu et al., 2021c: 567, f. 2A-H, 3A-E, 4A-E, 5A-E, 6A-F (D
m,
f, T from
Ero)
Mimetus keyserlingi Mello-Leitão, 1929
|
| Peru, Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005759
Mimetus keyserlingi Mello-Leitão, 1929b: 546, pl. 2, f. 9 (D
f, replacement name)
Original description
Mimetus labiatus Wang, 1990
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005760
Mimetus labiatus Wang, 1990a: 40, f. IV.1-3 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863)
|
| Mediterranean, Slovakia and Hungary to Central Asia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005761
Ctenophora monticola Blackwall, 1870a: 401, pl. 8, f. 6 (D
f)
[urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005767]
Ctenancala monticola Thorell, 1873: 602 (generic replacement name)
Mimetus laevigatus Simon, 1873a: 78, pl. 2, f. 22-23 (
m, S of
Ctenophora monticola)
Mimetus laevigatus Simon, 1932: 777, 778, f. 1124-1125 (
mf)
Mimetus lamellaris Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048871
Mimetus lanmeiae Liu, Yu & Xu, 2025
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064517
Mimetus lanmeiae Liu, Yu & Xu in
Zhang et al., 2025c: 722, f. 7A-D, 8A-F, 14A (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus latro (Brignoli, 1979)
|
| Kenya
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005798
Mimetus liangkaii Yao & Liu, 2024
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063204
Mimetus liangkaii Yao & Liu in
Wang et al., 2024m: 103, f. 1A-E, 2A-D (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus lingbaoshanensis Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051179
Mimetus lingbaoshanensis Gan et al., 2019: 5, f. 3A-G, 4A-D (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus madecassus Emerit, 1980
|
| Madagascar
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005762
Mimetus madecassus Emerit, 1980: 62, f. 3D, p. 60: 1 f. (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus madacassus Sherwood, 2023a: 4 (year of description corrected from 1996 to 1980, lapsus)
Mimetus margaritifer Simon, 1901
|
| Malaysia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005763
Mimetus margaritifer Simon, 1901k: 54 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus marjorieae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
|
| Philippines
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005764
Mimetus melanoleucus Mello-Leitão, 1929
|
| Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005765
Mimetus nelsoni Archer, 1950
|
| Canada, USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005769
Mimetus nelsoni Archer, 1950: 31, pl. IV, f. 9-10 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus niveosignatus Liu, Xu, Hormiga & Yin, 2021
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053396
Mimetus niveosignatus Liu et al., 2021d: 18, f. 16A-I, 17A-H, 18A-D, 19A-F (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus notius Chamberlin, 1923
|
| Canada, USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005770
Mimetus parvulus Sankaran, Sudhin & Sen, 2024
|
| India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061923
Mimetus penicillatus Mello-Leitão, 1929
|
| Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005771
Mimetus penicillatus Mello-Leitão, 1929b: 548, pl. 1, f. 5, pl. 2, f. 12, pl. 7, f. 36-37 (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus portoricensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
|
| Puerto Rico
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005772
Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin, 1923
|
| Canada, USA, Jamaica
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005773
Mimetus puritanus Muma, 1943: 25, pl. XI, f. 1 (
f)
Mimetus puritanus Kaston, 1948: 277, f. 885-887, 893, 905 (
mf)
Mimetus rapax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
|
| Costa Rica, Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005774
Mimetus ridens Brignoli, 1975
|
| Philippines
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005775
Mimetus rusticus Chickering, 1947
|
| Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005776
Mimetus ryukyus Yoshida, 1993
|
| Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005777
Mimetus saetosus Chickering, 1956
|
| Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005778
Mimetus sagittifer (Simon, 1895)
|
| Sri Lanka
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005796
Phobetinus sagittifer Simon, 1895a: 947, f. 1019 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus sinicus Song & Zhu, 1993
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005780
Mimetus spinatus Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2024
|
| India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061924
Mimetus strinatii Brignoli, 1972
|
| Sri Lanka
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005781
Mimetus strinatii Brignoli, 1972f: 919, f. 24, 26 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus subulatus Liu, Xu, Hormiga & Yin, 2021
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053393
Mimetus subulatus Liu et al., 2021d: 5, f. 3A-B, 4A-J, 5A-G, 6A-F, 7A-D, 8A-F (D
mf)
Original description
Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832
|
| USA, Mexico
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005782
TYPE SPECIES
Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832: 105 (D)
Original description
Mimetus interfector Hentz, 1850: 32, pl. 4, f. 12-13 (D
mf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062971]
Mimetus tuberosus Hentz, 1850: 34, pl. 4, f. 14 (D
m) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065356]
Mimetus interfector Archer, 1941a: 186 (S of
Mimetus syllepsicus; erroneously used younger name)
Mimetus syllepsicus molestus Chickering, 1937
|
| Mexico
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005783
Mimetus testaceus Yaginuma, 1960
|
| Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005784
Mimetus testaceus Yaginuma, 1960: append. 3, pl. 15, f. 93, f. 101G (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus testaceus Paik, 1967: 190, f. 3, 16-21 (
f, D
m)
Mimetus tillandsiae Archer, 1941
|
| USA
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005786
Mimetus tillandsiae Archer, 1941a: 189, f. 1 (D
f)
Original description
Mimetus triangularis (Keyserling, 1879)
|
| Peru, Brazil
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005787
Mimetus trituberculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
|
| Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005788
Mimetus tuberculatus Liang & Wang, 1991
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005789
Mimetus tuberculatus Liang & Wang, 1991: 61, f. 1-3 (D
f) [also misspelled "
tuberculatrs"]
Original description
Mimetus uncatus Liu, Xu, Hormiga & Yin, 2021
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053397
Mimetus uncatus Liu et al., 2021d: 23, f. 3C-D, 20A-J, 21A-F (D
m)
Original description
Mimetus variegatus Chickering, 1956
|
| Panama, Bonaire
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005790
Mimetus verecundus Chickering, 1947
|
| Panama
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005791
Mimetus vespillo Brignoli, 1980
|
| Indonesia (Sulawesi)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005792
Mimetus wangi Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048872
Mimetus yinae Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051180
