Hersilia miranda Koch and Berendt 1854 (tree trunk spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Full reference: C. L. Koch and G. C. Berendt. 1854. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 1(2):1-124

Belongs to Hersilia according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Koch and Berendt 1854, Petrunkevitch 1958 and Wunderlich 2004

Sister taxa: Hersilia aquisextana, Hersilia longipes, Hersilia longipes, Hersilia madagascariensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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