# List of Mimetidae species

This page lists all described species of the spider family Mimetidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021:

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