Mysmena dominicana Wunderlich 1998 (spurred orb-weaver)

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)

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