Craspedisia yapchoontecki Penney 2012 (cobweb spider)

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)

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