†Kustarachne tenuipes Scudder 1890 (harvestman)
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Synonyms: Kustarachne conica Petrunkevitch 1913, Kustarachne exstincta Melander 1903, Kustarachne extincta Melander 1903
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. Illustrations of the Carboniferous Arachnida of North America, of the orders Anthracomarti and Pedipalpi. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4:443-456
Belongs to Kustarachne according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Melander 1903, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Kustarachne tenuipes: Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
- Kustarachne conica: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Daniels collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
- Kustarachne exstincta: FMNH UC 9236. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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