Orchestina pusilla Menge 1854 (goblin spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

Alternative combination: Segestria pusilla

Full reference: A. Menge. 1854. Footnotes and taxonomic names, in Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 1(2):1-124

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

See also Marusik and Wunderlich 2008 and Menge 1854

Sister taxa: Orchestina (Baltorchestina), Orchestina (Gallorchestina), Orchestina baltica, Orchestina breviembolus, Orchestina colombiensis, Orchestina crassiembolus, Orchestina dominicana, Orchestina forceps, Orchestina fushunensis, Orchestina gappi, Orchestina gracilitibialis, Orchestina kenyana, Orchestina longimana, Orchestina madagascariensis, Orchestina mortua, Orchestina qiu, Orchestina rabagensis, Orchestina sakhalinensis, Orchestina tibialis, Orchestina truncata, Orchestina tuberosa

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection (Eocene of Poland)

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