Genus Australomimetus Heimer, 1986

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• Australomimetus Heimer, S. 1986. Notes on the spider family Mimetidae with description of a new genus from Australia (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 49: 113-137 [115-116].

  Type species:

   Mimetus maculosus Rainbow, 1904 by original designation.

Introduction

Heimer (1986) provided a very brief description for the genus, and no diagnosis; much additional information, including diagnosis and description, is provided by Harms & Harvey (2009, 2 papers).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS) ; Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; Tas, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida, Mimetidae, Australomimetus) with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology 37: 188-205 [189-193]

Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 231-280 [242-245]

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