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?](../_dbase_upl/Austrlomimetus-spinosus-or-new-sp-P1100722coll-29-7-13.jpg)
Australomimetus spinosus? 030509 female
![Australomimetus spinosus?](../_dbase_upl/australom-spP1130258_03-05-09.jpg)
Australomimetus spinosus? 121409 female
![Austr](../_dbase_upl/p106047712-14-09_rjw.jpg)
Australomimetus spinosus? 280209 male (poss. sp. nov.)
![Australomimetus](../_dbase_upl/P1010181_28-02-09_rjw.jpg)
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 male
![Aus](../_dbase_upl/P1060090-05-03-10_rjw.jpg)
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 spines
![Australomimetus](../_dbase_upl/P1060102-05-03-10_rjw.jpg)
Australomimetus maculosus? 050310 female
![Australomimetus maculosus?](../_dbase_upl/australo-macP1060152-05-03-10_rjw.jpg)
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 triangulosus](../_dbase_upl/australomp11301969810rjw.jpg)
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)](../_dbase_upl/mim1.jpg)
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.
![Australomimetus aurioculatus (Hickman, 1929) ?](../_dbase_upl/mim2.jpg)
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