†Mimetus bituberculatus Wunderlich 1988 (pirate spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mimetidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1988. Die fossilen Spinnen im dominikanischen Bernstein. Beiträge zur Araneologie 2:1-378
Belongs to Mimetus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Harms and Dunlop 2009 and Wunderlich 1988
Sister taxa: Mimetus brevipes, Mimetus flexuosus, Mimetus longipes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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