Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2017. New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae, as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:72-279
Belongs to Burmesarchaea according to J. Wunderlich 2017
Sister taxa: Burmesarchaea alissa, Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses, Burmesarchaea caudata, Burmesarchaea crassicaput, Burmesarchaea crassichelae, Burmesarchaea gibber, Burmesarchaea gibberoides, Burmesarchaea gibbosa, Burmesarchaea grimaldii, Burmesarchaea longicollum, Burmesarchaea propinqua, Burmesarchaea pseudogibber, Burmesarchaea quadrata, Burmesarchaea speciosa
Type specimen: F2943/BU/CJW, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Wunderlich coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Wunderlich coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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