Theridion wunderlichi Penney 2001 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Synonym: Theridion ovale Wunderlich 1988 [replaced name]

Full reference: D. Penney. 2001. Advances in the taxonomy of spiders in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 44:987-1009

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

See also Penney 2001 and Wunderlich 1988

Sister taxa: Theridion alutaceum, Theridion annulipes, Theridion atalus, Theridion berendti, Theridion bucklandi, Theridion contrarium, Theridion crassipalpum, Theridion detersum, Theridion erectoides, Theridion erectum, Theridion globosus, Theridion globulus, Theridion hirtum, Theridion inversum, Theridion maculipes, Theridion oblongum, Theridion ovale, Theridion ovatum, Theridion simplex, Theridion variosoma

Type specimens:

  • Theridion wunderlichi: SMF 38317. Its type locality is Dominican Amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
  • Theridion ovale:

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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