Orchestina (Baltorchestina) forfex Wunderlich 2011 (goblin spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2011. Some fossil spiders (Araneae) in Eocene European ambers. Beiträge zur Araneologie 6:472-538

Belongs to Orchestina (Baltorchestina) according to J. Wunderlich 2011

Sister taxa: Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulata, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) bitterfeldensis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) brevis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) cochlembolus, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) crassipatellaris, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) crassitibialis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) furca, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) imperialis, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) multisetae, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) perfecta, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) sternalis

Type specimen: F2237/BB/AR/CJW. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection)

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