Araneus defunctus Petrunkevitch 1958 (orb-weaving spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1958. Amber Spiders in European Collections. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41:97-400

Belongs to Araneus according to A. Petrunkevitch 1958

Sister taxa: Araneus absconditus, Araneus aethus, Araneus aquaticus, Araneus beipiaoensis, Araneus carbonaceus, Araneus cinefactus, Araneus delitus, Araneus emertoni, Araneus exustus, Araneus fimbriatus, Araneus inelegans, Araneus kinchloeae, Araneus leptopoda, Araneus liaoxiensis, Araneus longimanus, Araneus luianus, Araneus meeki, Araneus molassicus, Araneus nanus, Araneus piceus, Araneus reheensis, Araneus ruidipedalis, Araneus troschelii, Araneus vulcanalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)

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