Consteniusi, Downen & Selden, 2020

Downen, Matthew R. & Selden, Paul A., 2020, Fossil spiders (Araneae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana, USA, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 56) 23 (3), pp. 1-10 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26879/1135

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1ED0776-DD21-4137-A576-6425C68CD276

taxon LSID

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treatment provided by

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scientific name

Consteniusi
status

gen. nov.

Genus Consteniusi gen. nov.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other araneids by the combination of a subtriangular abdomen and a cluster of four long thin setae on the palpal patella.

Etymology. The fossil genus is named for Kurt Constenius who collected the fossil.

Type species. Consteniusi leonae n. sp. (monotypic).

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