Misionella
Sign in to saveMisionella is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by M. J. Ramírez & C. J. Grismado in 1997. In 2005 a spider fossil found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was described as Misionella didicostae. A second specimen was discussed soon thereafter.
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Misionella is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by M. J. Ramírez & C. J. Grismado in 1997. In 2005 a spider fossil found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was described as Misionella didicostae. A second specimen was discussed soon thereafter.
==Species== it contains five species from Brazil and Argentina: Misionella aikewara Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil Misionella carajas Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil Misionella jaminawa Grismado & Ramírez, 2000 – Brazil Misionella mendensis (Mello-Leitão, 1920) (type) – Brazil, Argentina Misionella pallida Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil
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