†Steatoda anticus Berland 1939 (cobweb spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Alternative combinations: Lithyphantes anticus, Steatoda antica
Full reference: L. Berland. 1939. Description de quelques arignées fossils. Revue Française d’Entomologie 6:1-9
Belongs to Steatoda according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Berland 1939 and Marusik and Penney 2004
Sister taxon: Steatoda succini
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Sorbonne collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Sorbonne collection)
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