Gigarachne Jiang & Li, 2020

Jiang, Tongyao, Xin, Yafei, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Two new spider families from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Arachnida: Araneae), Zoological Systematics 45 (4), pp. 266-280 : 273

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.202033

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:00441A2B-31CF-400B-B2AA-E7BEA6775439

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5460081

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Gigarachne Jiang & Li
status

gen. nov.

Genus Gigarachne Jiang & Li , gen. nov.

Type species. Gigarachne bian Jiang & Li , sp. nov.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from Greek word gígas meaning “giant”, referring to the large size of the spider; and Greek word arachne meaning “spider”. The generic name is feminine.

Diagnosis. Gigarachne Jiang & Li , gen. nov. can be distinguished by the characters of the family, as given above.

Distribution. Late Cretaceous Kachin amber, Myanmar .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Gigarachnidae

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