†Nephila dommeli Wunderlich 1982 (golden silk orb-weaver)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1982. Die häufigsten Spinnen (Araneae) des Dominikanischen Bernsteins. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 1:26-45
Belongs to Nephila according to J. Wunderlich 1988
See also Wunderlich 1982 and Wunderlich 1986
Sister taxa: Nephila breviembolus, Nephila furca, Nephila pennatipes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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