Priscaleclercera

Priscaleclercera
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 99 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Psilodercidae
Genus: Priscaleclercera
Wunderlich, 2017[1]
Species

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Priscaleclercera is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Psilodercidae, containing seven species. The genus was first described by Jorge Wunderlich in 2017,[2] and its fossils have been found in Burmese amber,[1] while live specimens have been found in Indonesia (Sulawesi).[3]

Species

  • P. brevispinae Wunderlich, 2017
  • P. christae Magalhaes et al., 2021[4]
  • P. ellenbergeri (Wunderlich, 2015) (syn: "Leclercera" ellenbergeri Wunderlich, 2015)
  • P. longissipes (Wunderlich, 2012) (syn: "Leclercera" longissipes Wunderlich, 2012)
  • P. paucispinae Wunderlich, 2017
  • P. sexaculeata (Wunderlich, 2015) (syn: "Leclercera" sexaculeata Wunderlich, 2015)
  • P. spicula (Wunderlich, 2012) (syn: "Leclercera" spicula (Wunderlich, 2012))
  • P spinata (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) (syn: "Leclercera" spinata (Deleeman-Reinhold, 1995))

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Priscaleclercera Wunderlich, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (2017). "New and rare fossil spiders (Araneae) in Mid Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma), including the description of new extinct families of the suborders Mesothelae and Opisthothelae, as well as notes on the taxonomy, the evolution and the biogeography of the Mesothelae". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 10: 333–354.
  3. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995d). The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement. 2: 1-103.
  4. ^ Magalhaes, I. L. F.; Porta, A .O.; Wunderlich, J.; Proud, D. N.; Ramírez, M. J.; Pérez-González, A. (2021). "Taxonomic revision of fossil Psilodercidae and Ochyroceratidae spiders (Araneae: Synspermiata), with a new species of Priscaleclercera from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 121: Article 104751. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12104751M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104751. S2CID 233562507.