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Genus: Mimetus Hentz, 1832 | Family: Mimetidae Simon, 1881

Mimetus caudatus Wang, 1990

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005741

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China m - (Zhang et al., 2025c)

Taxonomic References

Mimetus caudatus Wang, 1990a: 42, f. IV.4-5 (Dm) Original description

Mimetus caudatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 73, f. 30N-O (m)

Mimetus caudatus Zhang et al., 2025c: 716, f. 3A-D, 4A-F, 5A-F (m, Df)

References

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wang, J. F. (1990a). Study on the spiders of family Mimetidae from south China (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 15: 36-47. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, J. S., Zhang, H. S., Liu, J. X., Yu, H. & Xu, X. (2025c). A survey of mimetid spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae) from Central Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 711-734. doi: 10.3897/zse.101.146895 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Zhang et al., 2025c
2025-03-31	First description of female	Zhang et al., 2025c	Old value