Genus Mimetus

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Pirate Spider - Mimetus puritanus - male

Pirate Spider - Mimetus puritanus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Mimetidae (Pirate spiders)

Genus Mimetus

Pronunciation

mi-MEET-uhs(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Here

Explanation of Names

'Imitator'(1)

Numbers

14 species and 10 undescribed.(1)

Food

Other spiders, primarily cobweb spiders and orb weavers, but will also eat insects.

Print References

Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual

By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)

American Arachnological Society, 2005

ISBN: 0-9771439-0-2

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 3:33pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz
Last updated 27 August, 2006 - 6:54am

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