Nearctic States & Provinces: ND OK SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/5773
Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin, 1923
FAMILY: MIMETIDAE Simon, 1881
Genus: Mimetus Hentz, 1832
Species: Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin, 1923
Common Names
Family Common Name:
pirate spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ND OK SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin 1923 |
| Mimetus puritanus Muma 1943 |
| Mimetus puritanus Kaston 1948 |
| Mimetus puritanus Shear 1981 |
| Mimetus puritanus Coddington 1990 |
| Mimetus puritanus Breene et al. 1993 |
| Mimetus puritanus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/MIMETIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832‡‡
M. aktius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
M. epeiroides Emerton, 1882 ...............USA
M. haynesi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
M. hesperus Chamberlin, 1923 ...............USA
M. nelsoni Archer, 1950 ...............USA
M. notius Chamberlin, 1923 ...............USA
M. syllepsicus Hentz, 1832 ...............USA, Mexico
M. tillandsiae Archer, 1941 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution