Cyclososoma Petrunkevitch 1958 (orb-weaving spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1958. Amber Spiders in European Collections. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41:97-400

Parent taxon: Araneidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Bararaneus, Chrysometata, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla

Subtaxa: Cyclososoma succini

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Type: Cyclososoma succini

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection) (Eocene of Denmark)

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