Arachnida - Acariformes - Smarididae
Full reference: C. Bartel, M. Konikiewicz, J. Makol, A. Wohltmann, and J. A. Dunlop. 2015. Smaridid mites in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, with notes on the fossil record of terrestrial Parasitengona (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata). Annales Zoologici 65:641-659
Belongs to Fessonia according to C. Bartel et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Fessonia grabenhorsti, Fessonia groehni
Type specimen: MAI 5649, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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