Genus: Protoricinus Gamarra-Cuba, Selden & Delclòs, 2026 | Family: Incertae sedis n/a, n/a | Order: Ricinulei Thorell, 1876

† Protoricinus cretaceus (Wunderlich, 2012)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Poliochera cretacea

MESOZOIC: Lower Cretaceous (Albian)

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:a199cd6b-151c-4a84-aef7-99cad05b14fa

Genus type of Protoricinus Gamarra-Cuba, Selden & Delclòs, 2026

Taxonomic references

Poliochera cretacea Wunderlich, 2012:

Wunderlich, 2012: 239–241, figs 3–7, plates 34, 35 original description
Selden and Ren, 2017: 329, 334, fig. 9c, table 1

Protoricinus aff. cretaceus (Wunderlich, 2012):

Gamarra-Cuba, Selden and Delclòs, 2026: 324-330, Figs. 3-4, Tables 2-4

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Asia

Myanmar (Cretaceous amber)
Type locality: Myanmar (amber fossil, Lower Cretaceous: Albian).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 26.5 96.58305556
Type repository
  • Holotype Private Collection Jörg Wunderlich (F3690/BU/CJW) Juvenile
References

Wunderlich, J. (2012). Description of the first fossil Ricinulei in amber from Burma (Myanmar), the first report of this arachnid order from the Mesozoic and from Asia, with notes on the related extinct order Trigonotarbida. Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 233–244. -- Show included taxa

Selden, P.A. & Ren, D. (2017). A review of Burmese amber arachnids. Journal of Arachnology 45(3): 324–343. doi: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-029 -- Show included taxa

Gamarra-Cuba, M., Selden, P.A. & Delclòs, X. (2026). New ricinuleids from Cenomanian Kachin amber (Myanmar) and a reassessment of †?Poliochera cretacea (Arachnida: Ricinulei). Palaeoentomology 9(4): 322-342. ZooBank: 2F3DDC5C-2347-43B3-97E9-82451750187C doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.4.5 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-09-22 Taxonomic reference update Gamarra-Cuba, Selden and Delclòs, 2026
2026-09-22 Taxonomic reference update
2026-09-22 Species updated Old value
2026-09-22 Species updated Old value
2026-09-22 Species updated Old value
2026-09-22 Taxonomic reference update Gamarra-Cuba, Selden and Delclòs, 2026
2026-09-22 Taxonomic reference update
2026-09-22 New taxonomic reference entry Gamarra-Cuba, Selden and Delclòs, 2026
2022-09-13 New taxonomic reference entry Selden and Ren, 2017
2022-07-01 Species updated Old value
2022-07-01 Taxonomic reference update Wunderlich, 2012
2022-07-01 Species updated Old value
2022-07-01 Species updated Old value