†Prototama antiqua Petrunkevitch 1971 (tree trunk spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae
Alternative combination: Priscotama antiqua
Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1971. Chiapas amber spiders, II. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:1-44
Belongs to Prototama according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Penney 2006 and Petrunkevitch 1971
Sister taxa: Prototama maior, Prototama media, Prototama minor, Prototama succinea
Type specimen: UCMP 13532. Its type locality is UCMP B-7043, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7043, Simojovel area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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