Electroblemma bifida Selden et al. 2016 (armored spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Tetrablemmidae

Full reference: P. A. Selden, W. W. Zhang, and D. Ren. 2016. A bizarre armoured spider (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 66:129-135

Belongs to Electroblemma according to P. A. Selden et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Electroblemma acuminataformis, Electroblemma bifurcata, Electroblemma bizarre, Electroblemma caula, Electroblemma nala, Electroblemma paranala, Electroblemma pinnae, Electroblemma spermaferens

Type specimen: EMTG BU-001055, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection)

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