†Mysmena fossilis Petrunkevitch 1971 (spurred orb-weaver)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae
Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1971. Chiapas amber spiders, II. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:1-44
Belongs to Mysmena according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Petrunkevitch 1971
Sister taxa: Mysmena copalis, Mysmena curvata, Mysmena dominicana, Mysmena groehni, Mysmena grotae
Type specimen: UCMP 13535. Its type locality is UCMP B-7045, El Portugal landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7045, El Portugal landslide, Simojovel region
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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