Burmorchestina gong Jiang and Li 2021 (goblin spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

Full reference: T. Y. Jiang and S. Q. Li. 2021. Taxonomic names, in The oonopid spiders from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species. Cretaceous Research 127(104917)

Belongs to Burmorchestina according to T. Y. Jiang and S. Q. Li 2021

Sister taxa: Burmorchestina acuminata, Burmorchestina biangulata, Burmorchestina bo, Burmorchestina circular, Burmorchestina plana, Burmorchestina prominens, Burmorchestina pulcheroides, Burmorchestina pulchra, Burmorchestina tuberosa

Type specimen: IZCAS-Ar41899Fo, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (IZCAS collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (IZCAS collection)

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