Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin, 1923
| FAMILY: MIMETIDAE Simon, 1881 Genus: Mimetus Hentz, 1832 Species: Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin, 1923  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
pirate spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
ND OK SC
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† stalkers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1923. The North American species of Mimetus. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 15: 3-9.
Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1981. Structure of the male palpal organ in Mimetus, Ero, and Gelanor (Araneoidea, Mimetidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 257-262.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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