†Mysmena dominicana Wunderlich 1998 (spurred orb-weaver)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1998. Beschreibung der ersten fossilen Spinnen der Unterfamilien Mysmeninae (Anapidae) und Erigoninae (Linyphiidae) im Dominikanischen Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 108:363-367
Belongs to Mysmena according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Wunderlich 1998 and Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Mysmena copalis, Mysmena curvata, Mysmena fossilis, Mysmena groehni, Mysmena grotae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Madagascar copal (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Madagascar
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Madagascar copal (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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