Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Synonym: Melanites Hong 1985
Parent taxon: Araneidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Petrunkevitch 1922 and Zhang et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Bararaneus, Chrysometata, Cyclososoma, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Zilla
Subtaxa: Tethneus guyoti Tethneus hentzi Tethneus obduratus Tethneus orbiculatus Tethneus provectus Tethneus robustus Tethneus twenhofeli
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado)
Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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