†Mengesilia rovnoensis 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
Belongs to Mengesilia according to J. Wunderlich 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: F3868/UK/CJW, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber (Wunderlich collection)
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