Mengesilia Wunderlich 2024 (tree trunk spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2024. New fossil spider taxa in Eocene European ambers (Araneida: Araneae: Araneidae, Hersiliidae and Tetragnathidae) and a note on the climate of the Eocene European amber forests. Beiträge zur Araneologie 17:52-63

Parent taxon: Hersiliidae according to J. Wunderlich 2024

Sister taxa: Breviscauda, Burmesiola, Fictotama, Fictotama extincta, Gerdia, Gerdiopsis, Gerdiorum, Hersilia, Hersiliana, Hersiliola, Hungarosilia, Prototama, Spinasilia

Subtaxa: Mengesilia rovnoensis

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Type: Mengesilia rovnoensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

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