Balticoroma, Wunderlich, J., 2004

Wunderlich, J., 2004, Descriptions of the remaining fossil spider taxa (excl. Mygalomorpha, Dysderoidea, Eresoidea and Oecobioidea) / Beschreibung der übrigen fossilen Spinnen-Gruppe (excl. Längskieferspinnen, Sechsaugenspinnen-Verwandten, Röhrenspinnen-Verwandten und Scheibennetzspinnen-Verwandten), Beitr. Araneol. 3, pp. 1035-1035 : 1035

Balticoroma n. gen. Photos 143-151

Remark: WEITSCHAT & WICHARD (2002: 72) published the name Balticorma (misspelling!) as a nomen nudum; see below, B. serafinorum .

Diagnosis: A "paracymbium" is present as a large retrodorsal outgrowth (fig. 5b, 13), several bulbus sclerites and a large functional conductor are present.

Type species: Balticoroma reschi n. sp. -

Further species: Four fossil species (see the cladogram) as well as one or two extant species from SE-Asia: B. maculosa (Ol 1960) (sub Comaroma , n. comb.) and probably B. nakahirai (YAGINUMA 1959) (sub Archerius , later transferred to Comaroma )? unknown) (questionable n. comb.).

Relationships: See Comaroma .

Distribution: Extant: SE-Asia (Japan, Korea), fossil: Baltic amber forest, incl. Bitterfeld.