Balticoroma wheateri Penney and Marusik 2011 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Anapidae

Full reference: D. Penney and Y. M. Marusik. 2011. Taxonomy, in A new species of anapid spider (Araneae: Araneoidea, Anapidae) in Eocene Baltic amber, imaged using phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography. Zootaxa 2742:60-66

Belongs to Balticoroma according to D. Penney and Y. M. Marusik 2011

Sister taxa: Balticoroma damzeni, Balticoroma ernstorum, Balticoroma gracilipes, Balticoroma reschi, Balticoroma serafinorum, Balticoroma tibialis

Type specimen: GPIH 4666, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection

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