Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Alternative combination: Flegia longimana
Synonym: Malleator niger Petrunkevitch 1942
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 Episinus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Koch and Berendt 1854, Marusik and Penney 2004, Petrunkevitch 1942, Petrunkevitch 1946, Petrunkevitch 1950 and Wunderlich 2008
Sister taxa: Episinus anapidaeque, Episinus antecognatus, Episinus appendix, Episinus arrodens, Episinus balticus, Episinus brevipalpus, Episinus bulla, Episinus chiapasanus, Episinus clunis, Episinus cochlear, Episinus cornutus, Episinus cymbialis, Episinus dimidius, Episinus eskovi, Episinus isopteraque, Episinus latus, Episinus longisoma, Episinus mordellidaeque, Episinus musculus, Episinus mutilus, Episinus nasuticymbium, Episinus neglectus, Episinus penneyi, Episinus praecognatus, Episinus pulcher, Episinus tibiaseta, Episinus transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Mictodipoena stridula, Municeps minutus
Type specimens:
- Episinus longimanus: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
- Malleator niger: Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (3 collections), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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