Misionella

Misionella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Filistatidae
Genus:	Misionella; Ramírez & Grismado, 1997
Type species
	M. mendensis; (Mello-Leitão, 1920)
Species
	5, see text

Misionella is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by M. J. Ramírez & C. J. Grismado in 1997.^[2] In 2005 a spider fossil found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was described as Misionella didicostae.^[3] A second specimen was discussed soon thereafter.^[4]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species from Brazil and Argentina:^[1]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Misionella Ramírez & Grismado, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
^ Ramírez, M. J.; Grismado, C. J. (1997). "A review of the spider family Filistatidae in Argentina (Arachnida, Araneae), with a cladistic reanalysis of filistatid genera". Entomologica Scandinavica. 28 (3): 319–349. doi:10.1163/187631297X00114.
^ Penney, David (2005). "First fossil Filistatidae: a new species of Misionella in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 33 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1636/H03-38. S2CID 56012330.
^ Penney, David (2005). "Fossil blood droplets in Miocene Dominican amber yield clues to speed and direction of resin secretion". Palaeontology. 48 (5): 925–927. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00491.x.

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[NMBE-1] "Gen. Misionella Ramírez & Grismado, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.

[Rami1997-2] Ramírez, M. J.; Grismado, C. J. (1997). "A review of the spider family Filistatidae in Argentina (Arachnida, Araneae), with a cladistic reanalysis of filistatid genera". Entomologica Scandinavica. 28 (3): 319–349. doi:10.1163/187631297X00114.

[Penn2005a-3] Penney, David (2005). "First fossil Filistatidae: a new species of Misionella in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 33 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1636/H03-38. S2CID 56012330.

[Penn2005b-4] Penney, David (2005). "Fossil blood droplets in Miocene Dominican amber yield clues to speed and direction of resin secretion". Palaeontology. 48 (5): 925–927. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00491.x.

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