†Opellianus excellens Wunderlich 2004 (hackled orb-weaver)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Uloboridae (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:851-886
Belongs to Opellianus according to J. Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Opellianus kazimierasi, Opellianus ludwigi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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