†Mimetus brevipes Wunderlich 2004 (pirate spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mimetidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil pirate spiders (Araneae: Araneoidea: Mimetidae s. l.) in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on intrafamiliar higher taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1249-1278
Belongs to Mimetus according to J. Wunderlich 2012
See also Harms and Dunlop 2009 and Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Mimetus bituberculatus, Mimetus longipes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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