Episinus praecognatus Wunderlich 1982 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1982. Die häufigsten Spinnen (Araneae) des Dominikanischen Bernsteins. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 1:26-45

Belongs to Episinus according to J. Wunderlich 1988

See also Wunderlich 1982 and Wunderlich 1986

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 longimanus, Episinus longisoma, Episinus mordellidaeque, Episinus musculus, Episinus mutilus, Episinus nasuticymbium, Episinus neglectus, Episinus penneyi, Episinus pulcher, Episinus tibiaseta, Episinus transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Municeps minutus, Mictodipoena stridula

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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