†Leiobunum longipes Menge 1854 (harvestman)
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Arachnida - Opiliones - Sclerosomatidae
Synonym: Leiobunum inclusum Roewer 1939
Full reference: A. Menge. 1854. Footnotes and taxonomic names, in Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 1(2):1-124
Belongs to Leiobunum according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop and Mitov 2009, Menge 1854, Roewer 1939 and Starega 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Leiobunum longipes: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
- Leiobunum inclusum: Bachofen-Echt 51, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Bachofen-Echt collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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