List of Mimetidae species explained

See main article: Pirate spider. This page lists all described species of the spider family Mimetidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :^[1]

Anansi

Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017

A. insidiator (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
A. luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 (type) — DR Congo, Gabon
A. natalensis (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa

Arocha

Arocha Simon, 1893

A. erythrophthalma Simon, 1893 (type) — Peru, Brazil
A. rochai Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil

Australomimetus

Australomimetus Heimer, 1986

A. annulipes Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
A. audax (Hickman, 1929) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
A. aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) — Southern Australia
A. burnetti Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
A. catulli (Heimer, 1989) — Australia (Queensland)
A. childersiensis Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. daviesianus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. diabolicus Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
A. djuka Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
A. dunlopi Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
A. hannemanni (Heimer, 1989) — Australia (Queensland)
A. hartleyensis Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. hertelianus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. hirsutus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. japonicus (Uyemura, 1938) — Korea, Japan
A. kioloensis Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
A. maculosus (Rainbow, 1904) (type) — Australia (Queensland to Tasmania), New Zealand
A. mendax Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
A. mendicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) — New Zealand
A. miniatus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. nasoi Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
A. pseudomaculosus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
A. raveni Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. robustus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)
A. sennio (Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand
A. spinosus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
A. stephanieae Harms & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
A. subspinosus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
A. sydneyensis Heimer, 1986 — Australia (New South Wales)
A. tasmaniensis (Hickman, 1929) — Australia
A. triangulosus Heimer, 1986 — Australia (Queensland)

Ero

Ero C. L. Koch, 1836

E. aphana (Walckenaer, 1802) — Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran. Introduced to St. Helena, Réunion, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), China, Philippines, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
E. cachinnans Brignoli, 1978 — Bhutan
E. cambridgei Kulczyński, 1911 — Canary Is., Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Korea, Japan
E. canala Wang, 1990 — China
E. canionis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
E. capensis Simon, 1895 — South Africa
E. catharinae Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
E. comorensis Emerit, 1996 — Comoros, Seychelles
E. eburnea Thaler, 2004 — Ivory Coast
E. felix Thaler & van Harten, 2004 — Yemen
E. flammeola Simon, 1881 — Canary Is., Portugal to Greece (Corfu), Ukraine, Russia (Caucasus), Turkey, Israel
E. furcata (Villers, 1789) — Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkmenistan, Japan
E. furuncula Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
E. galea Wang, 1990 — China
E. ganglia Yin & Bao, 2012 — China
E. gemelosi Baert & Maelfait, 1984 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
E. goeldii Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
E. gracilis Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
E. humilithorax Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
E. japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
E. jiafui Yin & Bao, 2012 — China
E. juhuaensis Xu, Wang & Wang, 1987 — China
E. kompirensis Strand, 1918 — Japan
E. koreana Paik, 1967 — Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
E. laeta Barrientos, 2017 — Portugal, Spain
E. lata Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
E. lawrencei Unzicker, 1966 — South Africa
E. leonina (Hentz, 1850) — USA
E. lodingi Archer, 1941 — USA
E. lokobeana Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
E. madagascariensis Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
E. melanostoma Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
E. pensacolae Ivie & Barrows, 1935 — USA
E. quadrituberculata Kulczyński, 1905 — Madeira
E. salittana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
E. septemspinosa Lissner, 2016 — Spain (Majorca)
E. spinifrons Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
E. spinipes (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile, Argentina
E. tenebrosa Lissner, 2018 — Canary Is.
E. tuberculata (De Geer, 1778) (type) — Europe, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran, Central Asia, China
E. valida Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
† E. longitarsus Wunderlich, 2004
† E. clunis Wunderlich, 2012
† E. gracilitibialis Wunderlich, 2012
† E. veta Wunderlich, 2012
† E. carboneana Petrunkevitch, 1942
† E. permunda Petrunkevitch, 1942
† E. rovnoensis Wunderlich, 2004
† E. sphaerica Koch and Berendt, 1854

Gelanor

Gelanor Thorell, 1869

G. altithorax Keyserling, 1893 — Brazil, Argentina
G. cachimbo Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016 — Brazil
G. consequus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 — Mexico, Costa Rica to Bolivia
G. fortuna Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Panama
G. hoga Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016 — Brazil
G. innominatus Chamberlin, 1916 — Peru
G. juruti Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
G. latus (Keyserling, 1881) — Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua to Bolivia
G. moyobamba Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Peru
G. muliebris Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
G. siquirres Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Costa Rica
G. waorani Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 — Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
G. zonatus (C. L. Koch, 1845) (type) — Mexico to Uruguay

Kratochvilia

Kratochvilia Strand, 1934

K. pulvinata (Simon, 1907) (type) — São Tomé and Príncipe

Melaenosia

Melaenosia Simon, 1906

M. pustulifera Simon, 1906 (type) — India

Mimetus

Mimetus Hentz, 1832

M. aktius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
M. arushae Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
M. banksi Chickering, 1947 — Panama
M. bifurcatus Reimoser, 1939 — Costa Rica
M. bigibbosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 — Mexico, Panama
M. bishopi Caporiacco, 1949 — Kenya
M. brasilianus Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil
M. bucerus Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
M. caudatus Wang, 1990 — China
M. comorensis Schmidt & Krause, 1994 — Comoros
M. contrarius (Zeng, Irfan & Peng, 2019) — China
M. cornutus Lawrence, 1947 — South Africa
M. crudelis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Guatemala
M. debilispinis Mello-Leitão, 1943 — Brazil
M. dimissus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico, Antigua
M. echinatus Wang, 1990 — China
M. epeiroides Emerton, 1882 — USA
M. eutypus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA
M. fernandi Lessert, 1930 — Congo
M. haynesi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA
M. hesperus Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
M. hieroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil, Paraguay
M. hirsutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Mexico
M. hispaniolae Bryant, 1948 — Hispaniola
M. indicus Simon, 1906 — India
M. investis (Simon, 1909) — Vietnam
M. keyserlingi Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Peru, Brazil
M. labiatus Wang, 1990 — China
M. laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
M. lamellaris Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016 — China
M. latro (Brignoli, 1979) — Kenya
M. lingbaoshanensis Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
M. madacassus Emerit, 1996 — Madagascar
M. margaritifer Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
M. marjorieae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
M. melanoleucus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
M. nelsoni Archer, 1950 — USA
M. notius Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
M. penicillatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
M. portoricensis Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
M. puritanus Chamberlin, 1923 — USA
M. rapax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Costa Rica, Panama
M. ridens Brignoli, 1975 — Philippines
M. rusticus Chickering, 1947 — Panama
M. ryukyus Yoshida, 1993 — Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
M. saetosus Chickering, 1956 — Panama
M. sagittifer (Simon, 1895) — Sri Lanka
M. sinicus Song & Zhu, 1993 — China
M. strinatii Brignoli, 1972 — Sri Lanka
M. syllepsicus Hentz, 1832 (type) — USA, Mexico
- M. s. molestus Chickering, 1937 — Mexico
M. testaceus Yaginuma, 1960 — Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
M. tikaderi Gajbe, 1992 — India
M. tillandsiae Archer, 1941 — USA
M. triangularis (Keyserling, 1879) — Peru, Brazil
M. trituberculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Panama
M. tuberculatus Liang & Wang, 1991 — China
M. variegatus Chickering, 1956 — Panama
M. verecundus Chickering, 1947 — Panama
M. vespillo Brignoli, 1980 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
M. wangi Zeng, Wang & Peng, 2016 — China
M. yinae Gan, Mi, Irfan, Peng, Ran & Zhan, 2019 — China
† M. bituberculatus Wunderlich, 1988
† M. brevipes Wunderlich, 2004
† M. longipes Wunderlich, 2004

† Protomimetus

† Protomimetus Wunderlich, 2011^[2]

† P. breviclypeus Wunderlich, 2011
† P. longiclypeus Wunderlich, 2011

Notes and References

Web site: Family: Mimetidae Simon,1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2021-02-23. 2021. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
Web site: Behrensmeyer. A. K.. A.. Turner. 2013. Taxonomic occurrences of Suidae recorded in the Paleobiology Database. 17 December 2021. Fossilworks.