Orchestina qiu 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 Orchestina according to T. Y. Jiang and S. Q. Li 2021

Sister taxa: Orchestina (Baltorchestina), Orchestina (Gallorchestina), Orchestina baltica, Orchestina breviembolus, Orchestina colombiensis, Orchestina crassiembolus, Orchestina dominicana, Orchestina forceps, Orchestina fushunensis, Orchestina gappi, Orchestina gracilitibialis, Orchestina kenyana, Orchestina longimana, Orchestina madagascariensis, Orchestina mortua, Orchestina pusilla, Orchestina rabagensis, Orchestina sakhalinensis, Orchestina tibialis, Orchestina truncata, Orchestina tuberosa

Type specimen: IZCAS-Ar41900Fo, 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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