These spiders, not making webs of their own, are usually found on foliage but are sometimes found in the webs of the spiders they are seeking as prey. A number of spiders on this page have not yet been identified.
- Australomimetus spinosus? 310111 male (poss. sp. nov.)
- Australomimetus spinosus? 030509 female
- Australomimetus spinosus? 121409 female
- Australomimetus spinosus? 280209 male (poss. sp. nov.)
- Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 male
- Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 spines
- Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 female
- Mimetidae Australomimetus triangulosus 090810 female
- Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) ?
- Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) ?
Australomimetus spinosus? 310111 male (poss. sp. nov.)
Possibly a new species (Danilo Harms, pers. corr.)
Australomimetus spinosus? 030509 female
Australomimetus spinosus? 121409 female
Australomimetus spinosus? 280209 male (poss. sp. nov.)
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 male
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 spines
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 female
Mimetidae Australomimetus triangulosus 090810 female
This specimen from Mt Glorious rainforest is unusually transparent. It has a bare section over the heart region. Thanks to Danilo Harms for identification (pers. corr.).
Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) ?
Found on the banks of the Murray River, Blanchetown SA inside a rotting log, previously not recorded from SA. ID is tentative.
Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) ?
Location Morgan, SA. Possibly a different colour morph of Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) to that found in Blanchetown, SA above. ID is tentative.
References
Harms, D., and M.S. Harvey. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae : Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics, 2009, 23, 231-280
