Municeps minutus Petrunkevitch 1958 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1958. Amber Spiders in European Collections. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41:97-400

Belongs to Municeps according to Y. M. Marusik and D. Penney 2004

See also Petrunkevitch 1958

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 praecognatus, Episinus pulcher, Episinus tibiaseta, Episinus transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Mictodipoena stridula

Type specimen: AMNH 26263, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection)

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