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Mimetus
Sign in to saveMimetus is a genus of pirate spiders in the family Mimetidae. They are found worldwide.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyMimetidae
Mimetus is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Spinneneters (Mimetidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 271
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Mimetidae
- Collections
- DMNS, CHAS, OMNH, MCZ, MNA, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Philippines, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Croatia
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- Mimetus
- taxon name
- Mimetus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Mimetus
- taxonomic type
- Mimetus syllepsicus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mimetus is a genus of pirate spiders in the family Mimetidae. They are found worldwide.
==Description== Members of this genus resemble the comb-footed spiders, Theridiidae, due to their globular abdomen. The upper side of this bears curved bristle-like hairs. A distinguishing mark of the genus is that the distance between the anterior edge of the carapace and the anterior medial eyes is about one-third to one-half of the distance between the anterior and posterior medial eyes. The length of the anterior legs is about 1.5–1.7 times that of the posterior pair.
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