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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Pirate spiders (Mimetidae)

Family Mimetidae - Pirate spiders

Classification · Numbers · Internet References
Reo eutypus? - Mimetus eutypus - female House spider? - Mimetus - male pirate spider with green midge - Mimetus notius - female Small spider - Mimetus - male pirate spider - Mimetus puritanus - male Orbweaver? - Mimetus Mimetidae - Mimetus hesperus - female Adult male - Ero canionis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Mimetidae (Pirate spiders)
Numbers
2 Genera in the USA & Canada.

Ero
- E. canionis
- E. leonina
- E. lodingi
- E. pensacolae
Mimetus
- M. aktius
- M. epeiroides
- M. eutypus
- M. haynesi
- M. hesperus
- M. nelsoni
- M. notius
- M. puritanus
- M. syllepsicus
- M. tillandsiae
Internet References
~ Pirate Spiders by Bug Eric - Great article with images.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 12 October, 2020 - 9:21am

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