†Palaeonephila dilitans Wunderlich 2004 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extinct subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:956-997
Belongs to Palaeonephila according to J. Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Palaeonephila brevis, Palaeonephila curvata, Palaeonephila fibula, Palaeonephila longipes
Type specimen: 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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