†Protomimetus Wunderlich 2011 (pirate spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mimetidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2011. Some fossil spiders (Araneae) in Eocene European ambers. Beiträge zur Araneologie 6:472-538
Parent taxon: Mimetidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ero, Ero aberrans, Mimetarchaea, Mimetarchaea gintaras, Mimetus, Praeoarces, Praeoarces exitus
Subtaxa: Protomimetus breviclypeus Protomimetus longiclypeus
Type: Protomimetus longiclypeus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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