Prototama minor Wunderlich 1987 (tree trunk spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Alternative combination: Tama minor

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1987. Tama minor n. sp., eine fossile Spinnenart der Familie Hersiliidae in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 97:93-96

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

See also Penney 2006, Wunderlich 1987 and Wunderlich 1988

Sister taxa: Prototama antiqua, Prototama maior, Prototama media, Prototama succinea

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 each including a single occurrence

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