Genus: Poliochera Scudder, 1884 | Family: Poliocheridae Scudder, 1884 | Order: Ricinulei Thorell, 1876

† Poliochera cretacea Wunderlich, 2012

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Poliochera cretacea

MESOZOIC: Lower Cretaceous (Albian)

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

Taxonomic references

Poliochera cretacea

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

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Asia

Myanmar (Cretaceous amber)
Type locality: Myanmar (amber fossil, Lower Cretaceous: Albian).
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: 324–343. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-09-13 New taxonomic reference entry Selden and Ren, 2017
2022-07-02 Species updated Old value
2022-07-02 Taxonomic reference update Wunderlich, 2012
2022-07-01 Species updated Old value
2022-07-01 Species updated Old value