Geralycosa fricii Kušta 1889

Arachnida - Araneae - Arthromygalidae

Alternative combinations: Geralycosa fritschi, Geralycosa fritschii

Synonyms: Arthrolycosa beecheri Fritsch 1904, Arthrolycosa fortis Fritsch 1904, Arthromygale beecheri Fritsch 1904, Arthromygale fortis Fritsch 1904

Full reference: J. Kušta. 1889. O nových arachnidech z karbonu Rakovnického. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1888:194-208

Belongs to Geralycosa according to P. A. Selden 2021

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Fritsch 1904, Kušta 1889, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Štamberg and Zajíc 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Geralycosa fricii: CGH Me 64, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.
  • Arthrolycosa beecheri: CGH Me 59. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.
  • Arthrolycosa fortis: CGH Me 60, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

Distribution: found only at Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection)

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