The oonopid spiders from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species
Abstract
Three new species belonging to genera †Burmorchestina Wunderlich, 2008 (2 species) and Orchestina Simon, 1882 (1 species) of the spider family Oonopidae Simon, 1890 are described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: Burmorchestina bo Jiang and Li sp. nov., B. gong Jiang and Li sp. nov., and Orchestina qiu Jiang and Li sp. nov. In addition, males of Burmorchestina acuminata Wunderlich, 2017, B. biangulata Wunderlich, 2017, B. circular Wunderlich, 2020, B. plana Wunderlich, 2017, B. pulchra Wunderlich, 2008 and B. pulcheroides Wunderlich, 2017 are illustrated.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- November 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104917
- Bibcode:
- 2021CrRes.12704917X
- Keywords:
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- Burmite;
- Diagnosis;
- Etymology;
- Mesozoic;
- Orchestininae