Palaeonephila Wunderlich 2004 (orb-weaving spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extinct subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:956-997

Parent taxon: Nephilinae according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020

See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Kuntner et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Eonephila, Geratonephila, Luxurionephila, Minutunguis, Nephila, Trichonephila

Subtaxa: Palaeonephila brevis Palaeonephila curvata Palaeonephila dilitans Palaeonephila fibula Palaeonephila longipes

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences

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