†Hungarosilia verdesi Szabó et al. 2021 (tree trunk spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae
Full reference: M. Szabó, J. U. Hammel, D. Harms, U. Kotthoff, E. Bodor, J. Novák, and K. Kovács and A. 2021. First record of the spider family Hersiliidae (Araneae) from the Mesozoic of Europe (Bakony Mts, Hungary). Cretaceous Research 131(105097)
Belongs to Hungarosilia according to M. Szabó et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUS PAL 2021.30.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ajka amber (NHMUS/MTM collection), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in Hungary.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ajka amber (NHMUS/MTM collection)
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