Orchestina (Baltorchestina) bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2008 (goblin spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2008. Descriptions of fossil spider (Araneae) taxa mainly in Baltic amber, as well as on certain related extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:44-139

Belongs to Orchestina (Baltorchestina) according to J. Wunderlich 2008

Sister taxa: Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulata, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) brevis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) cochlembolus, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) crassipatellaris, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) crassitibialis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) forfex, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) furca, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) imperialis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) multisetae, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) perfecta, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) sternalis

Type specimen: GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-167. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Grabenhorst collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Grabenhorst collection)

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