†Pycnosinga Wunderlich 1988 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1988. Die fossilen Spinnen im dominikanischen Bernstein. Beiträge zur Araneologie 2:1-378
Parent taxon: Araneidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Bararaneus, Chrysometata, Cyclososoma, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla
Subtaxa: Pycnosinga fossilis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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