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Family: MIMETIDAE Simon, 1881

pirate spiders

Similar Families

ARANEIDAE THERIDIIDAE

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Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 14 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Ero C. L. Koch, 1836
2	Mimetus Hentz, 1832
3	Reo Brignoli, 1979

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802) Ero furcata (Villers, 1789)

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