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Mastigusa acuminata

Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae

Taxonomy
Mastigusa acuminata was named by Menge (1854). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland. It is the type species of Phalangopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Mastigusa acuminata Menge p. 94
1986Mastigusa acuminata Wunderlich p. 71 figs. 70, 76, 91-94
2004Mastigusa acuminata Wunderlich p. 1406 fig. 13
2013Mastigusa acuminata Dunlop et al. p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
familyDictynidaePickard-Cambridge 1871
genusMastigusa
speciesacuminata

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.

Mastigusa acuminata Menge 1854
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Diagnosis
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