Family: Mimetidae

Mimetus Hentz, 1832

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

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.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03323

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Last updated: 2025-09-17

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 73

SYNONYM: 4

NOMEN DUBIUM: 1

HOMONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Hentz, 1832: 104 type Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832; gender masculine
Reference

Hentz, N. M. (1832). On North American spiders. Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts 21: 99-122. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
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2020-10-16 Nota bene edited Old value
2020-04-03 Genus synonymy Benavides & Hormiga, 2020 Reo synonymized with Mimetus
2020-04-03 Genus synonymy Benavides & Hormiga, 2020 Phobetinus synonymized with Mimetus
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