†Nephila breviembolus Wunderlich 1986 (golden silk orb-weaver)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1986. Spinnenfauna Gestern und Heute. Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und ihre heute lebenden Verwandten 1-283
Belongs to Nephila according to J. Wunderlich 1986
Sister taxa: Nephila dommeli, Nephila furca, Nephila pennatipes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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