†Mengesilia Wunderlich 2024 (tree trunk spider)
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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
Type: Mengesilia rovnoensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)
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