†Craspedisia yapchoontecki Penney 2012 (cobweb spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Full reference: D. Penney. 2012. Taxonomic names, in A new species of Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber, imaged using X-ray computed tomography. Paleontological Journal 46:583-588
Belongs to Craspedisia according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Penney 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHM IA 186, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Bucara (BMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Bucara (BMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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