Miocene spiderMaevia eurekanov. sp. (Araneae: Salticidae) | Zendy

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Miocene spiderMaevia eurekanov. sp. (Araneae: Salticidae)

Author(s) -

Francisco Riquelme,

Miguel Menéndez-Acuña

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

peerj

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.927

H-Index - 70

ISSN - 2167-8359

DOI - 10.7717/peerj.3614

Subject(s) - spider , extant taxon , genus , nearctic ecozone , jumping spider , neogene , fossil record , zoology , geography , key (lock) , paleontology , biology , ecology , archaeology , evolutionary biology , structural basin

A new fossil species of salticid spider (Araneae: Salticidae) is described based on an amber-embedded specimen. The specimen was collected from lignite-sandstone early-mid Miocene sediments near the town of Totolapa in Chiapas, southwestern Mexico. The diagnosis and description is supported by key characters that best match the genus Maevia Koch, 1846. Thus, this new fossil species has been named Maevia eureka nov. sp. This fossil shows closer affinities in epygine traits with extant specimens grouped around the species Maevia poultoni Peckham & Peckham, 1901. This represents the first known fossil species within Maevia and the southernmost record of the genus in North America that shows Nearctic relationships.

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