Poliochera glabra Petrunkevitch 1913 (hooded tickspider)

Arachnida - Ricinulei - Poliocheridae

Alternative combination: Polyochera glabra

Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1913. A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18:1-137

Belongs to Poliochera according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Selden 1992

Sister taxa: Poliochera cretacea, Poliochera gibbsi, Poliochera punctulata

Type specimen: USNM 37981. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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