†Mirometa Petrunkevitch 1963 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1963. Chiapas amber spiders. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:1-40
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, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla
Subtaxa: Mirometa valdespinosa
Type: Mirometa valdespinosa
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7461, Pa-Buchil, Simojovel region (Miocene of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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