Another Laurasian connection in the Early Eocene of India: Myrmecarchaea spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae)

The first fossil Archaeidae in Cambay amber from India, of Eocene age, is documented. The inclusion is a spider exuvium and is placed as Myrmecarchaea based on the presence of elongated legs, a slightly elongated pedicel with lateral spurs, and a diastema between coxae III and IV that is similar to...

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Main Authors: Hannah M. Wood, Hukam Singh, David A. Grimaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/72515/download/pdf/