†Pronepos fossilis Petrunkevitch 1963 (cobweb spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1963. Chiapas amber spiders. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:1-40
Belongs to Pronepos according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Petrunkevitch 1963 and Petrunkevitch 1971
Sister taxon: Pronepos exilis
Type specimen: UCMP 12723, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-4116, Palo Blanco mine, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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