†Mimetus flexuosus Wunderlich 2025 (pirate spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mimetidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2025. New fossil spider (Araneae) taxa in Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers. Beiträge zur Araneologie 18:64-90
Belongs to Mimetus according to J. Wunderlich 2025
Sister taxa: Mimetus bituberculatus, Mimetus brevipes, Mimetus longipes
Type specimen: F3912/BB?CJW, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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