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Acrometa

Arachnida - Araneae - Synotaxidae

Taxonomy

Acrometa was named by Petrunkevitch (1942).

It was assigned to Synotaxidae by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Wunderlich (2022).

Species

A. clava, A. cristata (syn. Viocurus fossilis, Theridiometa edwardsi), A. eichmanni, A. gibbosa, A. glomus, A. incidens, A. longisetae, A. minutum, A. pala, A. pseudorobusta (syn. Eogonatium robustum), A. robusta, A. samlandica, A. setosus, A. succini

Synonyms

Eogonatium was named by Petrunkevitch (1942).

It was synonymized subjectively with Acrometa by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Liticen was named by Petrunkevitch (1942). Its type is Acrometa pseudorobusta.

It was synonymized subjectively with Acrometa by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Theridiometa was named by Petrunkevitch (1942).

It was synonymized subjectively with Acrometa by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Viocurus was named by Petrunkevitch (1958).

It was synonymized subjectively with Acrometa by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1942	Eogonatium Petrunkevitch p. 209
1942	Liticen Petrunkevitch p. 309
1942	Acrometa Petrunkevitch p. 324
1942	Theridiometa Petrunkevitch p. 327
1958	Viocurus Petrunkevitch
2013	Acrometa Dunlop et al.
2022	Acrometa Wunderlich p. 81

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
—	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
—	Prosomapoda
—	Planaterga
—	Dekatriata

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
—	Pantetrapulmonata
subclass	Tetrapulmonata	Schultz 1990
—	Serikodiastida
order	Araneae
suborder	Opisthothelae	Pocock 1892
infraorder	Araneomorphae	Smith 1902
—	Entelegynae	Simon 1893
superfamily	Araneoidea	Simon 1895
family	Synotaxidae	Simon 1894
genus	Acrometa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Acrometa Petrunkevitch 1942

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†Acrometa clava Wunderlich 2004

†Acrometa cristata Petrunkevitch 1942

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Invalid names: Theridiometa edwardsi Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym], Viocurus fossilis Petrunkevitch 1958 [synonym]

†Acrometa eichmanni Wunderlich 2004

†Acrometa gibbosa Wunderlich 2022

†Acrometa glomus Wunderlich 2022

†Acrometa incidens Wunderlich 2004

†Acrometa longisetae Wunderlich 2022

†Acrometa minutum Petrunkevitch 1942

†Acrometa pala Wunderlich 2004

†Acrometa pseudorobusta Dunlop and Jekel 2009

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Invalid names: Eogonatium robustum Petrunkevitch 1946 [replaced]

†Acrometa robusta Petrunkevitch 1942

†Acrometa samlandica Petrunkevitch 1942

†Acrometa setosus Petrunkevitch 1942

†Acrometa succini Petrunkevitch 1942

Invalid names: Eogonatium Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym], Liticen Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym], Theridiometa Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym], Viocurus Petrunkevitch 1958 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Grouping:

solitaryc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 09:55:58

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:55:58

Source: c = class

Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Arkansas)	Araneae indet. (122391)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany	A. eichmanni (123769)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	A. cristata (140452) A. cristata, Theridiometa robusta, Eogonatium robustum (123493) A. sp., A. cristata, A. clava, A. incidens, A. pala, A. gibbosa, A. longisetae, A. glomus (124318) Eogonatium minutum (147477) Eogonatium succini, A. cristata (124205) Eogonatium succini, Liticen setosus, A. cristata, Theridiometa edwardsi, Theridiometa samlandica (123766) Liticen setosus, Theridiometa samlandica, Viocurus fossilis (123757) Theridiometa robusta (147468)