Misionella
| Misionella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Filistatidae |
| Genus: | Misionella Ramirez & Grismado, 1997 |
| Species | |
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Misionella is a genus of crevice weaver spiders with five species. A spider fossil that was found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was in 2005 described as Misionella didicostae (Penney 2005a). A second specimen was discussed (Penney 2005b) soon thereafter.
Species
- Misionella aikewara Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 - Brazil
- Misionella carajas Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 - Brazil
- Misionella jaminawa Grismado & Ramirez, 2000 — Brazil
- Misionella mendensis (Mello-Leitao, 1920) type species — Brazil, Argentina
- Misionella pallida Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 - Brazil
References
- Penney, David (2005a) ŮFirst fossil Filistatidae: a new species of Misionella in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Arachnology 33(1): 93–100. doi:10.1636/H03-38 PDF fulltext
- Penney, David (2005b): Fossil blood droplets in Miocene Dominican amber yield clues to speed and direction of resin secretion. Palaeontology 48(5): 925-927. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00491.x PDF fulltext
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