Arachnida - Ricinulei - Hirsutisomidae

Full reference: R. Botero-Trujillo, S. R. Davis, P. Michalik and L. Prendini. 2022. Hirsutisoma grimaldii sp. nov., a ca. 99-million-year-old ricinuleid (Primoricinulei, Hirsutisomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber with a corticolous, scansorial lifestyle. Palaeoentomology 5:493-504

Belongs to Hirsutisoma according to R. Botero-Trujillo et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Hirsutisoma acutiformis, Hirsutisoma bruckschi, Hirsutisoma dentata

Type specimen: AMNH_IZC 00357137, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.