Orchestina madagascariensis Wunderlich 2004 (goblin spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Subrecent spiders (Araneae) in copal from Madagascar, with description of new species. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1830-1853

Belongs to Orchestina according to Y. M. Marusik and J. Wunderlich 2008

See also Wunderlich 2004

Sister taxa: Orchestina (Baltorchestina), Orchestina (Gallorchestina), Orchestina baltica, Orchestina breviembolus, Orchestina colombiensis, Orchestina crassiembolus, Orchestina dominicana, Orchestina forceps, Orchestina fushunensis, Orchestina gappi, Orchestina gracilitibialis, Orchestina kenyana, Orchestina longimana, Orchestina mortua, Orchestina pusilla, Orchestina qiu, Orchestina rabagensis, Orchestina sakhalinensis, Orchestina tibialis, Orchestina truncata, Orchestina tuberosa

Type specimen: F1119/CMAR/OON/CJW, an exoskeleton. 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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