Gen.
Mimetus Hentz, 1832 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03323 ]
N.B.: type species (by monotypy) is M. syllepsicus Hentz, 1832, not M. interfector Hentz, 1850 (Bryant, 1947a: 48); Ctenophora Blackwall, 1870a: 401 is a synonym (Simon, 1873a: 78) and also preoccupied in Diptera by Meigen, 1803; synonymy of Phobetinus Simon, 1895 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03325] (type Phobetinus sagittifer Simon, 1895) and of Reo Brignoli, 1979 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03326] (type Reo latro Brignoli, 1979) stated by Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 169.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-11-28
2024-11-28
Described in
Hentz, 1832: 104 (type Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832; gender masculine)
Hentz, 1832: 104 (type Mimetus syllepsicus Hentz, 1832; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 70 | accepted |
| 3 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Hentz, N. M. (1832). On North American spiders. Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts 21: 99-122. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-03 | Genus synonymy | Benavides & Hormiga, 2020 | Reo synonymized with Mimetus |
| 2020-04-03 | Genus synonymy | Benavides & Hormiga, 2020 | Phobetinus synonymized with Mimetus |